Event pays tribute to Samuel del Campo, who issued passports to Polish and Romanian Jews in the Chernivtsi ghetto, giving them protection from Nazi deportation

The new series 'Passports to Freedom,' as well as Yad Vashem, credit Aracy de Carvalho with saving Jews during the Holocaust -- but historians suggest otherwise

Aristides de Sousa Mendes defied his superiors in handing out visas in 1940 while consul in France; he was later ostracized before being recognized by Yad Vashem and his country

Ángel Sanz Briz saved 5,200 Jewish Hungarians by issuing fake passports and buying 11 apartment buildings as safe havens, but the anti-Israel Franco regime stifled his legacy

A Jerusalem ceremony highlights the ever-widening impact of the only Japanese citizen honored as Righteous Among the Nations... and the folly of obtuse adherence to bureaucracy

Chiune Sugihara, consul-general in Kovno, issued over 2,000 visas in breach of Japanese policy; his son Nobuki addresses event, having received last-minute visa after ToI report

Ayelet Shaked gets involved personally to enable son of Japanese envoy who saved thousands from Nazis to enter Israel for ceremony on Monday

Israeli officials help to overcome COVID-19 bureaucracy, enabling Chiune Sugihara's son Nobuki to attend Jerusalem ceremony naming square for Righteous Among Nations father

Organizers say Chiune Sugihara's son Nobuki simply refuses to submit proper COVID-19 forms to attend Jerusalem ceremony naming square for his Righteous Gentile father

A new documentary, streaming through May 19, explores how unsung heroine Truus Wijsmuller rescued thousands of youngsters from Europe during WWII at great personal risk