Hyderabad - Its History & Heritage

Summary   He is known as "The Iranian Schindler or "The Schindler of Iran". He saved thousands of Iranian & non-Iranian Jewish people in Paris from the Nazis during WW2.  ******************************* Introduction Abdol Hossein Sardar was born in 1914 in Iran.  He was an Iranian diplomat representing the Iranian government in France during WW2. Paris under German Occupation & Jewish people fear for thier safety  Rich Tenori in his article " Unrecognized ‘Iranian Schindler’ said to have saved countless Paris Jews in WWII" writes  "As Paris lay under German occupation in World War II and Jews in the city feared for their lives, an unexpected rescuer appeared at the Iranian embassy...... ..... Abdol Hossein Sardari , a non-Jewish Iranian consul representing the shah’s government, is estimated to have saved hundreds, perhaps thousands of Jews from Hitler. He did so by issuing Iranian passports...."  ...... the diplomat gave out between 500 and ...

The unsung Heroes The following is an excerpted article from the Time Magazine - a remembrance article on the occasion of Holocaust Memorial Day. The Forgotten Stories of Muslims Who Saved Jewish People During the Holocaust Tunisian Sheltered 24 Jews in Tunisia   The tales include those of Khaled Abdul Wahab, who sheltered about two dozen Jews in Tunisia, and  Iranian Diplomat Helped thousands of Jews escape  Abdol Hossein Sardari, an Iranian diplomat who is credited with helping thousands of Jews escape Nazi soldiers by issuing them passports. MUSLIM Pilkus Family in Albania harbored & saved 2 Jews in thier home at great personal risk  The group also recognizes the Pilkus, a Muslim family in Albania who harbored young Johanna Neumann and her mother in their home during the German occupation and convinced others that the two were family members visiting from Germany. “They put their lives on the line to save us,” Neumann, now 86, told TIME on Friday. “If it had...

Summary   Si Kaddour Benghabrit was the first rector of the Great Mosque of Paris. During the Occupation of France by Nazis, the Muslim Rector Benghabrit sheltered and saved many Jews in the basements of the Grand Mosque of Paris. He arranged papers to save Jews from Nazis and move them out of France.  He fought in the French resistance against Nazis.  Movie actor portrayal  of Si Khadour Benghabrit   Introduction Si Kaddour Benghabrit was b orn in 1868.  He died in  1954 aged 85 in  Paris, France. He was an Algerian religious leader, translator and interpreter who worked for the French Ministry of Foreign Affairs.  Copyright & Source - Wiki see link below He saved Jews by arranging forged papers to certify them as Muslims During World War II and after the fall of France to Nazi Germany, Si Kaddour Ben Ghabrit worked to protect his people, both Muslims and Jews. He saved the lives of at least f...

Summary   Mohammed V,  the Sultan of Morocco vociferously resisted the French in thier attempt to enforce Nazi restrictions  on the quarter million  Jewish people  living in Morocco.  During Vichy France rule (France under Nazi German)  — which lasted a little more than two years — no Moroccan Jews were deported or killed. When Allied troops liberated North Africa in November 1942, the Moroccan Jewish community was essentially intact.  (Thanks to the efforts of Muslim Sultan Mohammed V) Who was Mohammed V?   Mohammed V was the Sultan of Morocco.  He was the 3rd son of Sultan Moulay Youssef.  He was born on August 10, 1909, in Fez, Morocco.  He became King Mohammed V of independent Morocco.  When Mohammed was born, Morocco was a French protectorate.  After France fell to Nazi Germany, all French territories were pressured by the collaborationist French/German government with its seat at Vichy, to enforce the Nazis anti...

Summary The Ottoman Sultan Bayezid II, in the year 1492, evacuated the Sephardi Jewish people from Spain, following the fall of the Nasrid Kingdom of Granada and the proclamation of the Alhambra Decree. He resettled the Jewish people throughout Ottoman lands, especially in Ottoman ruled greek city of Salonica/ Salonika (now known as Thessaloniki in Greece.)  Many other Jewish people were  settled in other places in the Ottoman Empire, such as: Istanbul's Galata neighborhood, Turkey's Aegean city of Izmir ,and present-day northern Israeli city of Safed .  ******************************** Introduction   Beyazid II was the Sultan of the Ottoman Empire from 1481 to 1512.  Background Jewish people living in Spain and Portugal - ie, the Iberian Peninsula were called Sephardic Jews (as distinguished from the Ashkenazi Jews of Europe) The Spanish Inquisition In 1478, Spain instituted the Spanish Inquisition. Spain issues the Expulsion Edict On March 31, 1492,. Catholi...