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ESCAPE TO ALBANIA: MEMOIRS OF A JEWISH GIRL FROM HAMBURG (ALBANIAN STUDIES) (VOLUME 24)

OCTOBER 9, 2015
BY JOHANNA JUTTA NEUMANN AND ROBERT ELSIE

Johanna Jutta Neumann, née Gerechter, was born in 1930 of a Jewish family in Hamburg. With the rise of the Nazis, she fled with her parents to Albania where she spent the Second World War. Her memoirs narrate the story of her childhood, of her years in Albania under Italian and German occupation, and of her family’s survival.

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BESA: MUSLIMS WHO SAVED JEWS WWII

DECEMBER 12, 2008
BY NORMAN GERSHMAN

Besa is a code of honor deeply rooted in Albanian culture and incorporated in the faith of Albanian Muslims. It dictates a moral behavior so absolute that nonadherence brings shame and dishonor on oneself and one's family. Simply stated, it demands that one take responsibility for the lives of others in their time of need. In Albania and Kosovo, Muslims sheltered, at grave risk to themselves and their families, not only the Jews of their cities and villages, but thousands of Jews fleeing the Nazis from other European countries.

Over a five-year period, photographer Norman H. Gershman sought out, photographed, and collected these powerful and moving stories of heroism in Besa: Muslims Who Saved Jews in World War II. The book reveals a hidden period in history, slowly emerging after the fall of an isolationist communist regime, and shows the compassionate side of ordinary people in saving Jews. They acted within their true Muslim faith.

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