UPSTANDER STORIES—Brave People Who Saved Jews During the Holocaust: The Story of Anna and Dr. Helmy

UPSTANDER STORIES—Brave People Who Saved Jews During the Holocaust: The Story of Anna and Dr. Helmy

This series for young people (ages 8-12) features stories of brave people who risked their lives to save Jews during the Holocaust. These heroes — UPSTANDERS— exceeded the definition of bravery. They knew that every moment of every day that they were helping Jews escape the from the Nazis was going to be fraught with fear and uncertainty. Yet, they did not back down from the moral imperative to save innocent people from the Nazis. This is first book in the new Upstander Stories series from illustrator Lilly Wise and her Bubbie (grandmother), writer Joyce Kamen. In the The Story of Anna and Dr. Helmy, learn how an Egyptian doctor saved a young Jewish girl from deportation to a concentration camp in Nazi-occupied Berlin during World War II. Dr. Mohammed Helmy risked his life everyday for over two years to hide Anna Boros—then only a teenaged girl. He also arranged for other members of her family to be hidden by one of his non-Jewish patients. It is a story that reminds young readers about the importance of acting to help others —and how doing the right thing, and being an Upstander, can change the world for the better. www.UpstanderStories.org