Quotes from the True Heroes Tribute Gala
“I was inspired, challenged and truly touched throughout the night at the True Heroes Tribute Gala. Thank you, Canadian Society for Yad Vashem, for all you have done and are doing.”
- Rachelle Mainse
“It was such a privilege to hear the extraordinary stories and to witness the ceremonies honouring those whose exemplary actions earned them the title Righteous Among the Nations. It really showed how one act of courage echoes through the generations.”
- Alicia DesMarteau
“The True Heroes Tribute Gala challenged us to look inward, to see if we had the courage to do the same and, finding ourselves lacking, to strive to walk in such exceptional character, truth and love.”
- Sam and Linda Dumcum
“Jolene and I would like to wish you both a really sincere congratulations for organizing and pulling off such an outstanding event.”
- Jason Sonshine, Gowlings
“I wanted to congratulate you on a spectacular event all around.”
- John Ulmer, Davies Ward Phillips and Vineberg
“Thank you again for inviting us to last night’s gala dinner in support of Yad Vashem. The event was really quite remarkable. The stories of last night’s honourees were extremely powerful and brought the scale and gravity of the Holocaust down to a very meaningful, personal level for all those in attendance, perhaps especially for those who did not grow up hearing such accounts first-hands."
- Laura and Aaron Sonshine
“It was obvious that many in attendance were clearly moved by the stories of the “Righteous Among the Nations.” Congratulations on a monumental achievement.”
- Dora and Harry Kichler
“You were able to accomplish “intimate” with almost 1000 people in attendance and it was a remarkable achievement.”
- Ellen Smoskowitz
“My wife and I felt the evening was very inspirational and heart moving. Honouring the True Heroes certainly demonstrated man’s ability to rise above a very horrific period in history.”
- Dan Giaquinto, Managing Director, RBC Capital Markets
“I wanted to thank you from the bottom of my heart for the invitation to the BESA exhibition and the Gala on Oct. 5, 2010. My father, Mesut Salillari, who helped the Hajon family in Tirana, Albania, to escape the Nazi persecution, if alive, would have been so honoured and proud that his son was attending this wonderful event and his name was being mentioned as an honoured guest.”
- Admir Salillari, son of Albanian Righteous Among the Nations
