Children saved by Russian families

Children saved by Russian families

In 1943 Orthodox Metropolitan Sergey succeeded in obtaining from the German occupation authorities permission to transfer children dying in Salaspils concentration camp to the Holy Trinity and St. Sergius Monastery, and subsequently to allocate them to families. This appeal met with responses from hundreds of people in Riga.

Мая Алтементе. Моя судьба - у меня две мамы

Таисия Джолли. Страшное детство

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