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Righteous Gentiles

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Righteous Among the Nations: The Non-Jews Who Saved Jewish Lives

Over 28,000 non-Jews have been recognized by Yad Vashem for risking their lives to save Jews during the Holocaust. Their stories — from Oskar Schindler to Irena Sendler to Chiune Sugihara — illuminate the best of humanity in its darkest hour.

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Raoul Wallenberg: The Swedish Diplomat Who Saved 100,000 Jews

In 1944, a Swedish businessman was sent to Budapest on an impossible mission: save as many Hungarian Jews as he could from the Nazi death machine. Using bluff, bribery, and sheer audacity, Raoul Wallenberg rescued an estimated 100,000 people — then vanished into a Soviet prison, never to return.

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Yad Vashem: The World Holocaust Remembrance Center

On 180 acres of a Jerusalem hillside, Yad Vashem holds 4.8 million names, millions of documents, and one mission: to ensure that the Holocaust is never forgotten and never repeated.

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