Ep 580: Ordinary Heroes with Bernie Furshpan and guest Robert Gryn on hmTv

Send us Fan MailIn this powerful episode of Ordinary Heroes on hmTv, host Bernie Furshpan welcomes Robert Gryn to share the extraordinary story of his father, Tony Gryn, a young Polish Jew who became a courageous rescuer during the Holocaust.Born in Poland and later raised in Paris, Tony Gryn was a brilliant medical student at the Sorbonne when World War II changed the course of his life. After surviving imprisonment by the Germans, he joined a Zionist youth resistance network in France and helped smuggle hundreds of Jewish children across the border into Switzerland. Working under constant threat from the Gestapo and German patrols, Tony relied on courage, intelligence, forged documents, and the help of brave members of the French population, including clergy and local officials.Robert Gryn shares remarkable details from his father’s life, including Tony’s work creating thousands of false identity documents for Jews hiding in occupied France, his efforts to save children from deportation, and the lasting impact of his actions on generations of survivors and their descendants.This episode is a moving tribute to a man who never called himself a hero, but whose bravery, humility, and determination helped save countless lives.Support the show