Holocaust Heroines: Jewish Women Saving Jewish Children

Aug. 27, 2024 - PRLog -- How many people rescued Jews during the Holocaust?  There is no certain answer to this question other than "far too few."  Fewer than 0.5% of the 700 million non-Jews in Nazi occupied Europe helped rescue Jews.

A few exceptional Jewish women, however, went to extraordinary lengths to save the lives of large numbers of Jewish children, while being targets of the Nazi genocide themselves.  These rescue attempts occasionally succeeded, sometimes failed, and frequently resulted in the women themselves being murdered.

Few of these women have been recognized or honoured.  This book challenges this omission and highlights the role of Jewish women in saving children's lives.

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Dr. Beverley Chalmers has dedicated her life to studying experiences of birth and sexuality in difficult social, political, economic and religious environments. Her books on women's and children's experiences during the Holocaust have won 23 book awards.  Birth, Sex and Abuse: Women's Voices Under Nazi Rule (2015) was awarded a USA National Jewish Book Award, a Canadian Vine Award, a Canadian Jewish Literary Award, and a CHOICE "Outstanding Academic Title" award, among others.  Her more recent award-winning publications Betrayed: Child Sex Abuse in the Holocaust (2020) and Child Sex Abuse: Power, Profit, Perversion (2022) expose neglected subjects in both Holocaust and child abuse studies.  Dr. Chalmers has two doctoral degrees, a DSc in Medicine and a PhD in Psychology, and has over 300 publications to her credit.

Dr. Dana Solomon is a researcher, artist, entrepreneur, and advocate for human rights and equity.  Her research includes the use of Theatre and ParaTheatre in the Holocaust, the ideologies of the Arab-Israeli conflict, the impact of weight bias and ableism, and developing Ideologically Challenging Entertainment.  She has 50 creative and academic publications, including her book, Ideological Battlegrounds: Entertainment to Disarm Divisive Propaganda. She also has more than 25 years of experience as a theatre director, actor, and stage manager.  In addition to running her business, D-Editions & Chalmers-Solomon Solutions, Dr. Solomon is an independent scholar and serves as the Vice President of the Disability Affinity Group at the University of British Columbia.

Further information can be found at www.bevchalmers.com and www.danalori.com