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U.S. District Judge Awards Millions to USS Pueblo SurvivorsU.S. District Judge Awards Millions to USS Pueblo (AGER-2) Survivors
Background - USS Pueblo (AGER-2):
"USS Pueblo (AGER-2) is a Banner-class technical research ship (Navy intelligence) which was boarded and captured by the Democratic People's Republic of Korea (NDPRK) on January 23 1968 ... North Korea stated that she strayed into their territorial waters, but the United States maintains that the vessel was in international waters at the time of the incident."
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Wikipedia: USS Pueblo (AGER-2)
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/USS_Pueblo_(AGER-2) "The USS Pueblo, which was captured by the North Koreans in 1968, was the first U.S. Navy ship to be hi-jacked on the high seas by a foreign military force in over 150 years."
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Pueblo Incident Introduction
By Skip Schumacher (USS Pueblo AGER-2, USSPueblo.org) http://www.usspueblo.org/v2f/incident/incidentframe.html "It was 11 long months before the Pueblo's men were freed. Both captain and crew were horribly treated and later recounted their torture at the hands of the North Koreans."
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Crew of USS Pueblo released by North Korea
(History.com, This Day in History, December 23, 1968) http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history.do?action=Article&id=2523 News:
"U.S. District Judge Henry H. Kennedy Jr. "... awarded millions to men who were captured/tortured by North Korea after the county seized USS Pueblo during Cold War."
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Judge awards millions to men from USS Pueblo
North Korea seized the U.S. spy ship and its crew during Cold War (MSNBC, AP, Dec. 30, 2008) http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/28440016/ "U.S. District Judge Henry H. Kennedy Jr."...said Congress in 1996 lifted immunity for foreign states officially designated by the State Department as state sponsors of terrorism."
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Judge awards $65M to men taken from USS Pueblo (Daily Global, Dec. 30, 2008) http://www.dailyglobal.com/2008/12/judge-awards-65m-to-men-taken-from-uss-pueblo Yad Vashem Mourns the Passing of Righteous Among the Nations Irena SendlerYad Vashem Mourns the Passing of Righteous Among the Nations Irena Sendler
Irena Sendler "...was the inspiration and the prime mover for the whole network that saved those 2,500 Jewish children,”
—Debórah Dwork, Rose professor of Holocaust history at Clark University, Massachusetts
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Irena Sendler, Lifeline to Young Jews, Is Dead at 98
By Dennis Hevesi (New York Times, May 13, 2008) http://www.nytimes.com/2008/05/13/world/europe/13sendler.html "Irena Sendler, a Polish social worker who helped save some 2,500 Jewish children from the Nazis by smuggling them out of the Warsaw Ghetto and giving them false identities, has died. She was 98."
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Woman who saved kids from Holocaust dies
Irena Sendler, who smuggled children out of Warsaw Ghetto, was 98 (MSNBC, AP, May 12, 2008) http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/24574531/ "Yad Vashem mourns the passing today of Irena Sendler, Righteous Among the Nations from Poland, who risked her life to rescue hundreds of Jewish children during the Holocaust. Yad Vashem Chairman Avner Shalev remarked upon her death, 'Irena Sendler’s courageous activities rescuing Jews during the Holocaust serve as a beacon of light to the world, inspiring hope and restoring faith in the innate goodness of mankind.'"
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Yad Vashem Mourns the Passing of Righteous Among the Nations Irena Sendler
(Yad Vashem The Holocaust Martyrs' and Heroes' Remembrance Authority (The Holocaust Martyrs' and Heroes' Remembrance Authority, Press Release - May 12, 2008) http://www1.yadvashem.org/about_yad/press_room/temp_index_press_room.html The Irena Sendler Project
"In 1942 the Polish underground organization [ 'Żegota'also known as the 'Konrad Żegota Committee' ] recruited [ Irena Sendler ] to lead their Children’s Division, providing her with money and support. Her hope was that after the war she could reunite the children with surviving relatives, or at least return their Jewish identities. To that end she kept thin tissue paper lists of each child’s Jewish name, their Polish name and address
... Irena’s story and those of other courageous Poles, were buried and forgotten. Her courage and resourcefulness were recognized by Israel in 1965 when she was awarded the Yad Vashem medal given to Righteous Gentiles who risked their own lives to save Jews during the Holocaust. In 1983 a tree was planted in her honor in Israel."
Life In a Jar: The Irena Sendler Project
http://www.irenasendler.org/default.asp Watch:
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