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Albanian Muslims risk their own lives to save Jews from Nazis during World War II"At this time of tension over Islam in America, there is so much more to understanding Islam," Rabbi Kerber said. The head of the Muslim Bektashi sect, with more than seven million followers, tells the story of Albania's prime
minister, who gave a secret order during
the Nazi occupation.
"All Jewish children will sleep with your children, all will eat the same food, and all will live as one family," the order read. In post-war Europe, it is said Albania was the only Nazi-occupied country to boast a greater number of Jews than before the Holocaust. "They were among the people who at great personal risk sheltered Jews and protected them in their homes and did so out of a religious obligation," said Rabbi Justin Kerber, Temple Emanuel. As a young mother, one woman did not have enough breast milk to feed her son. A Jewish woman she hid nursed him instead. She was asked if she minded that a Jewish mother had fed her baby. "Jews are God's people like us," the woman said. Another man who also hid Jewish families said, "I did nothing special. All Jews are our brothers." Full article, http://www.ksdk.com/news/local/story.aspx?storyid=222601&catid=3 |
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