ether meats: Yad Vashem and The Snappers

Mrs. The Capt'n's grandparents were posthumously honored at Yad Vashem in Israel the other day, for their heroic participation in Dutch underground resistance-type activities during the war. They risked their lives and the lives of their own 6 children to rescue an entire family plus 2 other people. The craziest part is that they had the mom of the family move in with them for 3 years, pretending to be the housekeeper, and then at one point, 6 nazi soldiers decided to move in, too. So for several months the Snapper family, the Jewish lady, and the soldiers all lived together under one roof. How they pulled this off without being caught and killed is more than my little mind with it's emotions can fathom.
In the picture: Holocaust survivors Truus de Hartog, fourth right, of The Netherlands and her brother Salomon de Hartog of Israel, fifth right, are surrounded by the sons and daughter of Hendrikus and Martha Snapper from The Netherlands who helped save them as children during the Holocaust, as they stand next to the Eternal Flame in the Hall of Remembrance at the Yad Vashem Holocaust Memorial in Jerusalem, Thursday, Oct. 25, 2007.
(The names of everyone in the picture are, from left to right: The Mrs.' Uncle Hans, Aunt Jeri, the de Hartogs, her Dad Johan, Uncle Jan, and Uncle Hank. Uncle Kees is no longer with us.)
This event hit the press like wildfire. Here are only some of the articles:

Associated Press:

http://hosted.ap.org/dynamic/stories/I/ISRAEL_HOLOCAUST?SITE=AP&SECTION=HOME&TEMPLATE=DEFAULT&CTIME=2007-10-25-17-39-55

ABC News:

http://abcnews.go.com/International/wireStory?id=3777685

Yahoo! News:

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20071025/ap_on_re_mi_ea/israel_holocaust_1

International Herald Tribune:

http://www.iht.com/articles/ap/2007/10/25/africa/ME-GEN-Israel-Holocaust.php

Washington Post:

http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2007/10/25/AR2007102502064.html?tid=informbox

Atlanta Journal & Constitution:

http://www.ajc.com/search/content/shared-gen/ap/Middle_East/Israel_Holocaust.html

Seattle Post-Intelligencer: