children of Villa Emma: rescue of the last youth aliyah before the Second World War

The children were in Yugoslavia, on their way to Palestine when the Axis invasion of Yugoslavia forced them to seek safety in the Italian occupied zone of Slovenia. The children were first rescued by the Italian army and later transferred to Modena. The local population were successful in hiding all of them and the group eventually found safety in Switzerland. Tells the story of Uros Zun, a Righteous Among the Nations.