Comments for Active Voice Radio Interview: Mark Klempner- Dutch Holocaust Rescuers

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Produced by Chris Goldstein

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Summary: Mark Klempner is the author of The Heart Has Reasons- Holocaust Rescuers and their Stories of Courage. We explore Mark's process of meeting the Rescuers and how goodness can be organized in the 21st Century
 

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Klempner hung out with ten people who rescued Jews during the Nazi occupation of Holland--people who had the guts to try to stop the Final Solution even as it was happening! He writes about them in his book The Heart Has Reasons, a book I'm going to get, because after listening to him, I realize we have a lot to learn from these people, and a lot to learn from him. The interview is a summing up of the rescuers' wisdom, and Klempner's ideas on how that wisdom translates into the challenges facing us today. I wish this interview was broadcast far and wide because the message of the rescuers, which Klempner so eloquently conveys, is a crucial one for today's world.