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Yom HaShoah 2023 Holocaust Remembrance Day - Besa: The Albanian Honor Code that Saved the Jews

Yom HaShoah 2023 Holocaust Remembrance Day - Besa: The Albanian Honor Code that Saved the Jews

This year's Holocaust Remembrance Program organized by the Jewish Federation of Greater Oklahoma City will tell the heroic story of Albania, a predominantly Muslim country. They ended the war with a larger population of Jews than what they started with.

Albanians live by an honor code called Besa, meaning "to keep the promise" or "word of honor." During the war, Albanians took in refugees - gave them clothes, Albanian names, and treated them like family.

Heritage Hall - The Howard Theatre
02:00 PM - 03:30 PM on Sun, 16 Apr 2023

Event Supported By

Jewish Federation of Greater Oklahoma City
4052860591
tim@jfedokc.org
Heritage Hall - The Howard Theatre
1800 NW 122nd Street
Oklahoma City, Oklahoma 73120