By All means Necessary: The Rescuing of the Albanian Jews During the Holocaust
By All means Necessary: The Rescuing of the Albanian Jews During the Holocaust

Summary/Abstract: The Holocaust, also known as the Shoah, was the tragic and devastating event of the genocide of European Jews during World War II. Between 1941 and 1945, Nazi Germany and its collaborators systematically murdered some six million Jews across German-occupied Europe. The Jews and other racial minorities were rounded up across Europe and slaughtered by the German Nazi regime. Little was done to save, and rescue jews during that dark period, that is why the story of Albania, a small country in the Balkans, in which the entire country protected the Jewish community is so remarkable (Savich, 2002). This paper will try to examine the heroic rescuing efforts made by the state and people of Albania during the holocaust while focusing on the Albanian moral code of honor known as “Besa”. This paper will also provide an overview of the impact of that action.

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