Political Quotes

“I note with sadness the passing of Peter Vlcko, a hero for all of humanity. When immense love and bravery coalesce in one person, as they did in Mr. Vlcko, amazing things are bound to happen. And they did. Mr. Vlcko's love for humankind manifested itself in his brave fight against evils such as totalitarianism, fascism, and anti-Semitism. During the dark days of World War II, at huge and constant risk to his own life, he fought against the pro-German Slovak Government and rescued over 20 Jews from deportation and death by the Nazis. His heroic efforts have not gone unnoticed. Among other awards and recognitions, in 1981, Mr. Vlcko received the Silver Medal for Righteous Gentiles from Israel. With descendants of the Jews he saved looking on, he stood witness as a tree was planted in his honor at the top of a hill in Jerusalem. His name has also been forever memorialized in a large granite relief in the Garden of the Righteous at the Holocaust Memorial center in West Bloomfield.”