From Holocaust Survivor to Israeli Police Commander

Noemi Shadmi was born in 1931 in Debrecen, Hungary. In 1944, Noemi's father and older brother were taken to a forced labor camp and murdered. In fall 1944 Noemi's mother was taken away at gunpoint. Looking helplessly at the children, she told Noemi, "Take good care of your little brother, I trust you.". In the ghetto, Noemi witnessed mass death from starvation, cold and random shootings by the SS and Arrow Cross. When the Red Army liberated the city, Noemi and her brother returned to their home, only to find it occupied by strangers who threw them out.
After the war, Noemi and her brother tried to get to Israel, but the ship was intercepted and its passengers sent to a detention camp in Cyprus. A year later, in October 1947, she finally arrived, settling in Kibbutz Kfar Giladi.. In 1948, Noemi enlisted in the IDF, serving as a combat officer and receiving an award for bravery. Noemi served in the Israel Police for 20 years, retiring with the rank of commander.

For more information, click http://www1.yadvashem.org/yv/en/remembrance/2008/shadmi.asp
Or in Hebrew:
http://www1.yadvashem.org/yv/he/remembrance/2008/shadmi.asp

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[tonythebeat1]

13 year old girl protects her 5 year old brother and helps an old man.

this deserves my total respect.

true hero

[bernardrichards]

IzzyFinkelstein is a pseudonym by a Nazi bastard pretending to be a Jew. Check out the profile of the Nazi Coward Pig. This is all the coward can do because he knows that if he makes statements like that on terra firma he won't have a face left!

[slyrader1]

jesus christ

[omnikittens]

@Stefanoitch

I don't believe in god, but it's all over the bible (you should read it - I have!) It's not that surprising either because they wrote it

[reginaDexant]

@Stefanoitch Everywhere stupid.

[EndlessMater]

@SteppenSturm

Holocaust deniers like you are pathethic. The Holocaust DID happen and over 6 million jews died. There WERE gas chambers and crematoriums. Go and visit Auschwitz or another KZ for God's sake.

[mountainstandardtime]

אני מאחל מעבר לכל צעד שישראל לפני בעולםלא קיימת שני. אתם יכולים לדמיין את הנאצים רק ניסיון לפגוע כל יהודי עם צה"ל סביב?

[Stefanoitch]

when in the bible doese it mention that the isrealites are gods people`??

[dror91]

You really dont know history, do you?

"Disappeared" is a euphamism.

The US didnt take in anything close to even just 500,000 Jews. Western Europe was inaccessable to Jews during the war. The Soviets did nothing for the Jews in either 1941/1942. Dont make up your own version of history.

The Jews of Hungary were first deported in 1944. Ever heard of Rudolf Vrba or Rudolf Kastner? Ever heard of the term "Hungarian salami"? Obviously not. You need to read a book and not make up false statements

[solomonred1]

She endured, so God has blessed such a strong kind-hearted woman.

[ChildOfGOD74]

The BIBLE says I will BLESS those who BLESS you and I CURSE those who CURSE you....Thats the word of GOD period .GOD BLESS ISRAEL. The people who went along with this will pay for their sin. GOD calls the hebrews(ISRAEL) the apple of his eye. Dont touch GOD's annointed..One day I will visit the HOLY LAND..GOD BLESS ALL