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John Rabe
Used his influence as a member of the Nazi Party in order to control the situation and attempted to delay the attack as much as possible. His efforts led to nearly a quarter million Chinese lives being saved. -
Douglas McArthur
An American general and field marshal of the Philippine Army who was Chief of Staff of the United States Army during the 1930s and played a prominent role in the Pacific theater during World War II. He received the Medal of Honor for his service in the Philippines Campaign, which made him and his father Arthur MacArthur, Jr., the first father and son to be awarded the medal. He was one of only five men ever to rise to the rank of General of the Army in the U.S. Army, and the only man ever to bec -
Dimitar Peshev
Chose to resist the government of Belgium by preventing the deportation of over 48,000 Jews from the country. -
Necdet Kent
A Turkish diplomat who risked his life to save Jews during World War II. While vice-consul in Marseilles, France between 1941 and 1944, he gave documents of citizenship to dozens of Turkish Jews living in France who did not have proper identity papers, to save them from deportation to the Nazi gas chambers. -
Irena Sendler
Disguised as a nurse with an ID to match, she was able to smuggle Jewish children out of the warzone and handed them over to Polish foster parents. -
Jack Churchill
a British soldier who fought throug World War II armed with nothing but a longbow, arrows, and a Scottish broadsword. He is known for the motto “any officer who goes into action without his sword is improperly armed.” -
Raoul Wallenberg
Was able to rescue about one hundred thousand Jews in Hungary by issuing documents to assure the safety of these Hungarian Jews from being deported and being brought into Nazi camps outside the country. -
Georg Ferdinand Duckwitz
A member of the German forces during War World II who when learned of the roundup of the Danish Jews called politician Hans Hedtoft with an idea that would allow thousands of Jews to escape. -
Giovanni Palatucci
Used his position as head of police administration to protect the Jews from being sent to Nazi camps by destroying documents and serving as a point of contact for the resistance. -
Matt Urban
A United States Army infantry officer who served with distinction in the Mediterranean and European Theater of Operations in World War II. He scouted, led charges upfront, and performed heroically in combat on several occasions despite being wounded. He was awarded over a dozen combat decorations by the Army.
