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Jewish peer who fled Nazis to Britain is rescuing Christians from ISIS to 'repay debt'
A JEWISH peer who fled the Nazis as a child with the help of Christian missionaries is now paying to rescue 2,000 Christians from the Islamic State (ISIS) in Syria and Iraq.
By NICK GUTTERIDGE
PUBLISHED: 22:12, Tue, Jul 14, 2015 | UPDATED: 22:23, Tue, Jul 14, 2015
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Lord Weidenfeld is paying to fly Christians out of ISIS-controlled countries
Lord Weidenfeld said he has “a debt to repay” to Christians fleeing Islamist fanatics because followers of the religion in Britain helped him escape almost certain death at the hands of genocide-committing dictator Adolf Hitler.
ISIS militants have slaughtered hundreds of Christians, who they believe to be heretics, since sweeping to power in large parts of the Middle East last year.
Now Lord Widenfeld, a millionaire publisher, is spearheading a drive to fly Christians at risk of torture and death out of ISIS-controlled countries.
He has set up the Weidenfeld Safe Havens Fund, which last week supported the flight of 150 Syrian Christians to Poland on a privately chartered plane.
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Jewish peer who fled Nazis to Britain is rescuing Christians from ISIS to 'repay debt'
A JEWISH peer who fled the Nazis as a child with the help of Christian missionaries is now paying to rescue 2,000 Christians from the Islamic State (ISIS) in Syria and Iraq.
By NICK GUTTERIDGE
PUBLISHED: 22:12, Tue, Jul 14, 2015 | UPDATED: 22:23, Tue, Jul 14, 2015
102
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Lord Weidenfeld is paying to fly Christians out of ISIS-controlled countries
Lord Weidenfeld said he has “a debt to repay” to Christians fleeing Islamist fanatics because followers of the religion in Britain helped him escape almost certain death at the hands of genocide-committing dictator Adolf Hitler.
ISIS militants have slaughtered hundreds of Christians, who they believe to be heretics, since sweeping to power in large parts of the Middle East last year.
Now Lord Widenfeld, a millionaire publisher, is spearheading a drive to fly Christians at risk of torture and death out of ISIS-controlled countries.
He has set up the Weidenfeld Safe Havens Fund, which last week supported the flight of 150 Syrian Christians to Poland on a privately chartered plane.
Continue reading at:
Jewish peer who fled Nazis to Britain is rescuing Christians from ISIS to repay debt UK News Daily Express
