Jewish Community to honor "Iranian Schindler"

SMCCDI ^ | April 15, 2004

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Jewish Community to honor "Iranian Schindler"

SMCCDI (Information Service)

Apr 14, 2004

The Jewish Community and especially Iranian and American Jews are intending to pay tribute to "Abdol Hossein Sardari" qualified as the "Iranian Schindler" for his courageous actions during WW II. The late Sardari who was the Iranian Charge d'Affairs in Paris (France), under the Nazi occupation, is known for having saved the lives of hundreds of Jews and French resistants.

While defending the Iranian Jews living in France, he took upon himself to issue Iranian passports to non-Iranian Jews who were facing deportation. Referring to the humanitarian attitude of the first Iranian Emperor "Cyrus the Great" who had freed in 500 BC the Jews held captive in Babylon, he had no doubt that the Shah and the Iranian government would confirm his decision after the war.

He passed away in London (UK) in 1981.

Six decades later, the unprecedented and due commemoration will take place in South California, during two programs in the frame of the annual "Yom Ha Shoah" (Holocaust Memorial) events. The first one will be on Sunday April 18, 2004, from 6:30 PM at the Nessah Synagogue located at 142 South Rexford Drive in Beverly Hills; And the second one on Monday April 19, 2004, from 10:30 AM at the Museum Of Tolerance/Simon Wiesenthal Center in Los Angeles.

A "Plaque of Appreciation" will be remitted, by the leaders of the Jewish Community, to the well respected Mr. "Fereydoun Hoveyda" who's the former Iranian regime's Ambassador at the UN and the nephew of Mr. Sardari. He's also the brother of the late "Amir-Abbas Hoveyda" who was the Prime Minister of Iran under the late Mohamad-Reza Shah Pahlavi.

It's to note that Amir-Abbas Hoveyda was murdered by the clerics upon their take over of the political power in Iran. He was hit by several bullets shot by the brutal Sheikh Sadegh Khalkhali while most World's leaders were asking clemency for the respected Prime Minister.

It's said that the interview carried by the zealous French reporter "Christine Ockrent" and the understanding, by several mullahs, of the risk of witnessing their past surfacing out, was the main cause of the speedy murder of Mr. Hoveyda. As of today, Ms. Ockrent still hasn't expressed any apology or regret for her quest of fame having caused the death of the late Prime Minister.

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[TopQuark]

FYI

[TopQuark]

Thanks for this nice post, NuConvert.

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Thanks for this nice post, NuConvert.

[onyx]

Hey you!
Good to *see* you.
Thanks for pinging me.
Heretofore, I didn't know anything about this brave soul.

[TopQuark]

I am not sure you were on that ping; sorry if this is a duplicate.

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Very good to see you too! I hope all is well and you had a good Easter holiday.

I did not know a thing about this gentleman either. There are more decent, honorable, and brave people in this world than it sometimes feels. Reading this post was very uplifting to me: recent news got under my skin, I guess, and this article served as a nice reminder of the goodness that exists in this world (just like your own posts always are).

[yonif]

thanks for the ping

[nuconvert]

You're welcome

[onyx]

Oh thank you for your kind words.
I've missed you.
Articles like this one are most reassuring
and like you said, "up-lifting."

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[SJackson]

Sorry, meant to thank you for the article and the ping.

[TopQuark]

No thanks necessary. Good to see you, SJackson.

[Happy2BMe]

"Jewish Community to honor "Iranian Schindler"

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[happygrl]

An honorable man.

The righteous should be remembered.

[Valin]

They should TRY to take out an ad in the Tehran newspaper announcing this.