Testing Faith: Unpacking Testimonies of Ukrainian Rescue Work

In occupied Ukraine, most non-Jews swiftly divided into collaborators, accomplices to occupying forces, and bystanders. Some, however, turned to rescue work. A small percentage of this minority were people from less prominent denominations of Christianity, themselves in danger of persecution and social exclusion. Join journalist and scholar Raisa Ostapenko at the Museum of Jewish Heritage for a talk on why some marginalized groups across Ukraine were more likely to empathize with persecuted Jews.