With first installations completed in Greece and Portugal, an international initiative celebrates Holocaust rescuers and educates on antisemitism

Aristides de Sousa Mendes defied his country's dictator and provided visas to people in France fleeing Nazi persecution; mayor says plaza 'now carries the name of a hero'

Israel, Germany hold ceremony to recognize Bruno and Anna Schwartze and Friedrich and Helene Huebner, who helped neighbors survive the Holocaust: 'Heroes in the fight for freedom'

Józef Walaszczyk, member of Polish resistance, fell in love with Jewish woman, saved her and others by paying bribes, employing Jews in flour factory

The former teacher is celebrated for risking her life to ferry young ones to safety, keeping coded records whenever possible to reunite them with their parents after the war

Andrée Geulen-Herscovici risked her life to help save around 1,000 children from the Nazis, was recognized by Yad Vashem and given honorary Israeli citizenship

'I wanted to fill in the blanks about my family's history, that only they knew,' says Isidore Zuckerbrod, whose parents hid in a Polish chicken coop belonging to the Szyfner family

As war broke out, the Jewish Foundation for the Righteous expedited yearly payments to aging heroes seeking shelter from Russian shelling

Yad Vashem and Claims Conference team up to highlight stories of 'Righteous Rescuers' who risked everything, even their lives, to save Jews from murder by the Nazis

'Anna and Dr. Helmy' by Ronen Steinke tells the true story of an Arab physician who resisted German overtures and helped a girl survive the Holocaust by parading her in plain sight