But the few remaining members of Hungary’s Jewish underground want their story told. The forged papers were used by Jewish youth movements to operate a smuggling network and run Red Cross houses that saved thousands from the Nazis and their allies. The award is given by two Jewish groups — B’nai B’rith World Center-Jerusalem and the Committee to Recognize the Heroism of Jewish Rescuers During the Holocaust. “This resistance underground youth movement saved tens of thousands of Jews during 1944, and their story is not known,” he said. “It’s the biggest rescue operation in the Holocaust and nobody knows about it.”International Holocaust day falls on the anniversary of the Red Army's liberation of the Auschwitz death camp 78 years ago.

Source: ABC News January 27, 2023 18:38 UTC