maarten joustra Archives – J-Wire https://www.jwire.com.au/tag/maarte-joustra/ Australia, NZ and worldwide Jewish news that matters Tue, 31 Jan 2017 05:51:41 +0000 en-AU hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.9.4 6446428 Righteous among the Nations honoured https://www.jwire.com.au/righteous-among-the-nations-honoured/ https://www.jwire.com.au/righteous-among-the-nations-honoured/#respond Mon, 30 Jan 2017 04:22:42 +0000 http://www.jwire.com.au/?p=69414 One-month old Jewish baby Alter Heimann was separated from his parents in 1943 Nazi-controlled Amsterdam never to see them again..and yesterday he attended a ceremony at Sydney's Jewish Museum when a descendant of the Dutch family which ultimately rescued him bringing him later to start a new life in Australia received named as Righteous as the Gentiles on his grandparents' behalf.

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