She continued by telling me the story of her father, who made his mark in history as the “Adventist Wallenberg.” The Swedish diplomat, Raoul Wallenberg, whose fate is still unclear to this day, is known to have protected thousands of Jews from the Holocaust in Hungary. “Yes, there were some, but there should have been more, many more.”
“There were so few that had the courage for this,” recalls Magda Berzenczey, Michnay’s daughter, referring to Adventists who helped Jews during the Nazi period. One tree was planted in memory of a Hungarian Adventist pastor, László Michnay (1893–1965), a courageous and brave Christian leader who helped more than 50 Jews escape the Holocaust. Each tree bears a plaque telling about the “Righteous Gentile” in whose honour the tree was planted. Outside Jerusalem, near Yad Vashem, the memorial centre of the Six Million, a quiet garden is planted with trees in memory of righteous non-Jews during Nazi persecution in World War II. László Michnay, a courageous and brave Christian leader, helped more than 50 Jews escape the Holocaust.
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