Leaders who saved Greek island's entire Jewish community during the Holocaust celebrated by 20,000 people from around the world

“This is a unique case in which both a clergyman and a mayor put their own lives at risk to save the Jewish population,” said Dr. Joel Zisenwine, Head of Yad Vashem’s Righteous Among the Nations Department.

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