Roberts Seduls and Johanna Sedule

{{Righteous Among the Nations}}

Roberts Seduls (February 20, 1906 – March 10, 1945) and Johanna Sedule (1910–1987) were the family of the Righteous among Nations (recognition date: December 2, 1981) who saved eleven Jews in Liepāja during the Holocaust in Latvia.[https://collections.yadvashem.org/en/righteous/4022626 Seduls Robert & Sedule Johanna], Yad Vashem collections[https://www.yadvashem.org/yv/en/exhibitions/righteous/seduls.asp In Cellars, Pits and Attics Robert and Johanna Seduls], Yad Vashem exhibitions

Among the sheltered was a woman with a three-year-old daughter, Ada. Seduls arranged her shelter with Otilija Schimelpfenig, a widow of German descent. In 2000s Ada applied for the Righteous among Nations for Otilija Schimelpfenig,[https://www.yadvashem.org/righteous/stories/sedul-schimelpfening.html Robert and Johanna Sedul, Otilija Schimelpfening], Yad Vashem stgories granted on April 26, 2006.[https://www.yadvashem.org/sites/default/files/styles/royalslider/public/certificate.jpg?itok=9FPHZd64 Otilija Schimelpfenig Certificate of Honour], Yad Vashem files

Roberts Seduls was killed during a Soviet air raid. His wife continued to care for the rescued Jews.

The diary of one of the rescued, Kalman Linkimer, originally written in Yiddish, was translated in English.[https://www.baltictimes.com/news/articles/11878/ "The Linkimer diaries"], The Baltic Times, February 2, 2005Rebecca Margolis, [https://www.academia.edu/48384774/The_Linkimer_diary_How_11_Jews_survived_the_Holocaust The Linkimer diary: How 11 Jews survived the Holocaust], 2008