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Sarah Popowski describes how her mother and aunt obtained forged documents to enable them to hide in Warsaw, Poland under assumed identities to escape the Holocaust.

Sarah Popowski describes how her mother and aunt were helped by some Catholic nuns and the owner of a glass factory.

Marcel Kohler describes his parents efforts to hide Jewish individuals from the Nazis while under occupation.

Alan Hall describes the fate of French resistance fighters at the hands of the Nazis (ADULT CONTENT WARNING).

Sheva Vapne describes the man who helped her family find transportation to Uzbekistan during World War II.

David Jacobi describes how his father's family survived the Holocaust in Berlin durig World War II.

Gitte Toben describes the process of "going underground" in the Danish resistance during World War II.

Gitte Toben tells the story of the Nazis searching her grandparents' home during World War II.

Gitte Toben describes her father's friendship with Danish resistance fighter, Kim Malthe-Bruun.

Gitte Toben describes some of the shortages faced by people in Denmark after World War II.

Gitte Toben discusses her father's refusal to talk about his participation in the Danish resistance during World War II.

Gitte Toben describes how her grandparents supported their resistance fighter son.

Gitte Toben describes how her father got involved in the Danish Resistance.

Gitte Toben describes her father's reasons for "going underground" during World War II.

Gitte Toben discusses the harsh treatment reserved for members of the Danish resistance who provided information to the Nazis during World War II.

Gitte Toben describes her father's habit of playing practical jokes as a teenager in the years before the Second World War.