tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1990338437877873686.post1934013984506194940..comments2024-03-27T17:03:57.341-04:00Comments on Murder is Everywhere: Righteous Among the Nations – Luis Martins de Souza DantasOvidia Yuhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05749549092493567689noreply@blogger.comBlogger11125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1990338437877873686.post-34144959841541587512011-08-01T21:49:40.796-04:002011-08-01T21:49:40.796-04:00Great post Leighton! My mother Elisa, has told me ...Great post Leighton! My mother Elisa, has told me this story many times, but was often taken for granted. Once I saw Luis Martins de Souza Dantas portrait in a museum, I started to realize his impact on others. His actions, beliefs and courage saved unmeasurable amount of lives. I greatly appreciate his actions and his much deserved acknowledgement!Henri de Souza Dantas Dormoynoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1990338437877873686.post-80302180324397143122011-08-01T18:45:02.236-04:002011-08-01T18:45:02.236-04:00Incredibly moving-about people who set aside their...Incredibly moving-about people who set aside their own needs to help others. At least, these people are being remembered today. It seems that there are always a group who rise up to do good works. Inspiring in these days of political cynicism.lil Glucksternhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09288522126331817172noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1990338437877873686.post-75268604583764667812011-08-01T16:03:39.776-04:002011-08-01T16:03:39.776-04:00Thanks for the story about Zaknythos.
I wish all ...Thanks for the story about Zaknythos.<br /><br />I wish all of the stories of heroism, courage --and just plain, intelligent thinking and empathy for people -- could be put into a few volumes.<br /><br />Whenever I hear people get cynical about so-called evil, selfish humans, I think about the self-sacrificing, humane people who helped Jews and others who were under such huge attack in WWII and before.<br /><br />I think of Irene Sandler, who with others, saved 2500 Polish Jewish children, of people who hit Jews in their homes, of the French grandmother who brought home newspapers to Jews hiding in her farmhouse basement, of the Resistance fighters, etc.<br /><br />The two in Zakynthos and Souza Dantas are added on to this growing list.kathy d.noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1990338437877873686.post-44105750811174590072011-08-01T13:43:36.252-04:002011-08-01T13:43:36.252-04:00But at least you have written a tribute to him tod...But at least you have written a tribute to him today! <br /><br />No, I´d never heard about him before. What I ´knew´ about Brazil & Nazism is from reading Ira Levin´s "The Boys from Brazil" several years ago.Dorte Hhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14535044092722418173noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1990338437877873686.post-75887318722047877482011-08-01T13:43:28.177-04:002011-08-01T13:43:28.177-04:00Jeff, Souza Dantas is already honoured on the Yad ...Jeff, Souza Dantas is already honoured on the Yad Vashem website. <br /><br />Thanks for your story about Zakynthos. Some people are incredibly brave even in the face of brutal terror.Uriah Robinsonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02046023583067265187noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1990338437877873686.post-26900265964925478752011-08-01T12:47:46.640-04:002011-08-01T12:47:46.640-04:00Leighton, your post reminds me of what took place ...Leighton, your post reminds me of what took place on the Greek Ionian island of Zakynthos during the Nazi occupation. The German appointed governor demanded that the town leaders deliver the names of all Jews. On the appointed day Zakynthos' Mayor Loukas Karrer and Greek Orthodox Bishop Chrisostomos showed up and presented the Officer with the list. The only names on the list were the mayor's and the bishop's. That ended that effort to round up the Jews of Zakynthos.<br /><br />The names of Mayor Karrer and Bishop Chrisostomos were honored by Yad Vashem (the Jewish Holocaust Museum in Israel) with the title, "Righteous among the Nations."<br /><br />It seems appropriate to me that Elisa Dormoy's great uncle should be similarly honored--if he's not already. <br /><br />--JeffJeffrey Sigerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00718317707555064653noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1990338437877873686.post-87259209156141625512011-08-01T10:36:32.578-04:002011-08-01T10:36:32.578-04:00Wonderful post! About an even more wonderful life...Wonderful post! About an even more wonderful life. You are right. I had never heard of him. I have to wonder how many more unknown people risked or gave their lives with such actions.Joe Baronehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10275991273751678636noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1990338437877873686.post-31060063817259043932011-08-01T09:00:56.718-04:002011-08-01T09:00:56.718-04:00There's a movie or a documentary film in this....There's a movie or a documentary film in this. Just look at the photos. Imagine each of them as a frame in a scene. Leighton scores again with a piece of fascinating history we otherwise would never know.Annamaria Alfierihttp://www.annamariaalfieri.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1990338437877873686.post-59708348366919975682011-08-01T08:05:19.439-04:002011-08-01T08:05:19.439-04:00A heartwarming post. There were good people workin...A heartwarming post. There were good people working in very difficult circumstances, who tried their best to save lives during that terrible period.Uriah Robinsonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02046023583067265187noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1990338437877873686.post-21618699360524458102011-08-01T03:20:56.078-04:002011-08-01T03:20:56.078-04:00What a good post. There are always good people, n...What a good post. There are always good people, no matter what was/is going on.<br /><br />Thanks for this information.<br /><br />My own government had quotas and acted in a totally uncaring manner about what was being done to the Jewish people prior to and during WWII.kathy d.noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1990338437877873686.post-88326216622461362692011-08-01T00:34:57.028-04:002011-08-01T00:34:57.028-04:00A light of hope in a sea of misery.A light of hope in a sea of misery.Liznoreply@blogger.com