O P I N I O N / R E P L Y
by Liba Blat-Rosenthal and Israela Blat
- Editor’s note: This is a response to Professor Fridberg’s article “Instead of Truth about the Holocaust — Myths about Saving Jews” published in Defending History on 1 January 2013 with an editor’s note providing links to some of the article’s publications elsewhere.
- Updates: Professor Fridberg’s response to this letter appeared in Russian in Мы здесь and in Obzor.lt. The authorized English translation appears in Defending History.
We, Liba Blat-Rosenthal and Israela Blat (the daughter that was born in the bunker), daughters of Miriam and Moshe Blat, are writing in the name of the 25 Jews rescued from the hell of the Holocaust by Juozas and Bronislava Straupis with the help of Juozas and Adolfina Kerpauskas, Bronislavas and Ona Stulpinas, and Stase Dausiniene.