Joseph and Hélène Goldhamer were Polish Jews who settled in - TopicsExpress



          

Joseph and Hélène Goldhamer were Polish Jews who settled in Paris. Yervante and Elbis Beurkdjian (pictured), an Armenian Christian family, were regular customers in their children’s clothing store. In the course of the war, as the Goldhamers’ situation worsened and they lost their livelihood, Yervante Beurkdjian invited them to move in with his family. The Goldhamers remained with the six-member Beurkdjian family for eight months, without having to pay for room and board. In the spring of 1943, after repeated announcements of the severe penalties inflicted upon persons caught harboring Jews, the Goldhamers decided to leave. Luckily they survived the war. In 1982, Yad Vashem recognized Yervante and Elbis Beurkdjian as Righteous Among the Nations. More Jewish stories from Armenia in “The Jewish World: Armenia” here: ow.ly/t25dT
Posted on: Tue, 28 Jan 2014 21:55:09 +0000

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