Rescue & Resistance

Hundreds of miles from Berlin, a network of more than 100 individuals remained active and intact throughout the Nazi years, saving Jews, sending parcels to Theresienstadt and Polish ghettos, and cautiously speaking out against the regime. They were committed to reshaping all aspects of their daily lives, including approaches to physical movement, and to creating a better society. Yet this group, the “Bund—League for Socialist Life,” enjoyed little recognition after the war and gradually faded away. Professor Roseman uncovered them by chance while writing the biography of one of the women they saved. In the 2011 Ina Levine annual lecture, he discussed who the network’s members were, how they accomplished their goals, and why it took so long for them be recognized.

This is the text from the Museum's online exhibition, Flight and Rescue.