Tony-and-Casey-Scheffer

Casey Scheffer of Invermere, pictured here with his wife Tony, was just a teenager in 1940 when the Nazis occupied his small town in Holland. His courageous parents risked the lives of themselves and their six children by hiding a Jewish couple in their home for two long years. To read more about how they pulled it off without being caught and executed, visit The Pioneer's main website at www.columbiavalleypioneer.com and click the Wartime Wednesdays link on the left-hand side.