As early as 1939, when the Germans invaded Poland, she began aiding Jews.

The penalty that the Germans imposed on any Pole found to be harboring or otherwise aiding Jews was death.

Similarly, a number of prominent members of the National Armed Forces made personal efforts to aid and hide Jews.

She and her assistant made friends and sought to aid Jews and others persecuted by the Third Reich.

He also accelerated Austria's policy of aiding Soviet Jews in migrating to Israel and elsewhere.

As executive vice chairman, he laid the foundations for projects that aided Jews leaving Ethiopia and the Soviet Union.