Certificate of Honour
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Alice Schiffer de Ruyck was honoured by Yad Vashem as Righteous Among the Nations. She was recognized for saving the lives of Vancouver Holocaust survivor Inge Manes (née Kollman) and her sister Lydia. Alice had adopted the sisters to prevent the Nazis from deporting them. She gave them new names and identities and trained them in the Catholic religion so that they could be safely hidden in Catholic orphanages. Alice paid to keep the sisters hidden and visited them regularly. Alice was briefly arrested by the Gestapo on suspicion of helping Jews. After her release, she was forced into hiding until the end of the war.
Donated to the Vancouver Holocaust Education Centre by Inge Manes. RA018-00-00-02-05
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[Translated from the original French. The document is also in Hebrew.]
Certificate of Honour
This diploma certifies that at its meeting of June 19, 1979, the Commission of Tribute to the Righteous Among the Nations, established by the Yad Vashem Martyrs and Heroes Memorial Institute, on the basis of collected testimonies, paid tribute to ALICE SCHIFFER DE RUYCK
Who, risking her life, saved Jews persecuted during the Holocaust in Europe, and awarded her the Medal of the Righteous Among the Nations and authorized a tree be planted in her name in the Avenue of the Righteous on the Mount of Remembrance in Jerusalem.
Done in Jerusalem, Israel, May 2, 1980
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