Nicholas Winton: Rejecting “Passive Goodness”

Editor’s Note: Watch this incredible video on Sir Nicholas Winton. It was not until they had been...

Immaculee Ilibagiza: The Woman Who Forgave

Mark Twain once said, “Forgiveness is the fragrance that the violet sheds on the heel...

Cairine Wilson: The Mother of Lost Causes

“Without a belief in the dignity of man, without indignation against arbitrarily created human suffering,...

Minnie Vautrin: The Woman Who Would Not Leave Nanking

In the history of the 20th Century, there are few events quite as infamous as the...

Arland Williams: The Man In The Water

Sometimes we have the idea, perhaps subconsciously, that heroes are a rare sort of breed....

Edith Cavell: The Nurse Who Gave It All

“I can’t stop while there are lives to be saved.” This statement has been uttered...

Irena Sendlerowa: The Social Worker Who Spared Children From Murder

She was arrested at the age of 33 and sentenced to death.  Posters proclaiming her...

Raoul Wallenberg: Saviour of Hungary’s Jews

I first heard of Raoul Wallenberg when I was visiting Israel in the summer of...

James Zwerg: The Man Who Rode For Freedom

“Segregation must be stopped. It must be broken down. Those of us on the Freedom...

Sophie Scholl: The Girl Who Would Not Be Silent

On February 22, 1943, a 21-year-old girl named Sophie Scholl was beheaded in Munich, Germany,...