5. Selahattin Ulkumen of Turkey
4. Angelo Rotta of the Vatican
3. Gilberto Bosques Saldivar of Mexico
2. Friedrich Born-- Red Cross of Switzerland
1. Jose Castelanos Contreras of Salvador
These people saved thousands of Jewish and refugee lives from the Nazis. Read what they did.
--GreGen
My Cooter's History Blog has become about 80% World War II anyway, so I figured to start a blog specific to it, especially since we're commemorating its 70th anniversary and we are quickly losing this "Greatest Generation." The quote is taken from Pearl Harbor survivor Frank Curre, who was on the USS Tennessee that day. He died Dec. 7, 2011, seventy years to the day. His photo is below at right.
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