Diet Eman, righteous Gentile.

Yitzḥak Halevi Herzog and the hidden children.

The heroism of Witold Pilecki.

She helped rescue Jews in the Nazi-occupied Netherlands.

Willy Foerster saved Jews, but was arrested for war crimes.

Aristides de Sousa Mendes.

Friedrich and Pauline Kellner.

And sacrificed his career in the process.

Heroic acts of rescue alongside terrible crimes.

Separating myth from fact about Japan’s great righteous Gentile.

Righteous Gentile or victim of Jewish guile?

Many, but not all, of his family members objected.

Once portrayed on screen by Gregory Peck.

And afterward.