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Nathan Gutwirth & the Dutch Rescue Scheme

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Examines Nathan Gutwirth's role in rescuing Jews during the Holocaust.

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[Music] both of those projects initiatives got off the ground because of the garage prolific team members slain in west [Music] germany germany out of the 24 who were killed were americans who had come to learn in covenant i say one million jewish children who were made to become losers [Music] it is never too little it is never too and may no one ever experience any more suffering um and um when we move on to um this episode before we do that i want to um mention we just recently had an episode on the kluisenberger rebbe or because alberto got enormous amount of feedback some great stories uh so i want to thank all the listeners who provided really is uh you know unusual for a regular episode a volume of great stories and and uh a volume of great stories and and uh good um tidbits that i got um most of them i'll save for it'll be very useful for a future episode about him i'll save it for that must have struck a chord uh with a lot of the listeners so i'll just share a couple of the letters that i got for now and we'll save all the rest for hopefully a a part two uh so here's one letter thank you for pointing out about his his post-war shift which was quite nuanced and he did not become a zionist by any definition uh

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  1. 0:00[Music] both of those projects initiatives got off the ground because of the garage prolific team
  2. 3:41and he supposedly answered that's because he is one of us okay so there's a a
  3. 6:14we touched on it in a different way way long ago when i spoke about the
  4. 9:49then then there's no story then then they didn't save anyone you know the final solution
  5. 12:24when we ultimately discuss uh that story and you know the nuances and and and give
  6. 15:30his ultimate destination um so he um he uh got drafted into the the dutch army
  7. 18:01would explain they would keep in touch through a lively correspondence through letters as well and
  8. 20:33of its proximity to the united states it's in it's in not exactly in the caribbean
  9. 23:08gave in to my nagging and he authorized zartan djak who was the uh honorary council
  10. 26:11he you know he had to give out visas in mass at this point and he

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