Thorlifter
Captain
Don't misunderstand the title. What Oskar did was saint worthy in my eyes and he risked his life doing so. But there were others that saved many more. In fact, Schindler isn't even in the top 10.
Feng-Shan Ho was a Chinese diplomat in Vienna, who against orders, issued passports to Jews so they could leave for Vienna. He saved over 2,000 people
Irena Sendler was a nurse in the Warsaw ghetto and got 2,500 children out.
Hugh O'Flattery was a priest in Rome that saved over 4,000 allied soldiers and Jews to escape.
Giorgio Perlasca was an Italian that worked in the Spanish embassy in Budapest and helped an estimated 5,000 Jews escape.
Chiune Sugihara was a Japanese diplomat, serving as Vice Consul for the Japanese Empire in Lithuania. Soon after the occupation of Lithuania by the Soviet Union, he helped an estimated 6,000 Jews leave the country by issuing transit visas to Jewish refugees so that they could travel to Japan.
Georg Ferdinand Duckwitz was a German member of the Nazi party who worked as a special envoy to Nazi occupied Denmark. In two months it is estimated he saved over 6,000 Jews, which was 99% of the Jews that were living in Denmark.
Frank Foley was a British secret service agent estimated to have saved 10,000 Jews from the Holocaust.
Aristides de Sousa Mendes was a Portuguese Diplomat who ignored and defied the orders of his own government for the safety of war refugees fleeing from invading German military forces in the early years of World War II. Between the June 16 and June 23 1940, he frantically issued Portuguese visas free of charge, to over 30,000 refugees seeking to escape the Nazi terror, 12,000 of whom were Jews.
Dimitar Peshev was the Deputy Speaker of the National Assembly of Bulgaria and Minister of Justice during World War II. He rebelled against the pro-Nazi cabinet and prevented the deportation of Bulgaria's 48,000 Jews.
Raoul Wallenberg was a Swedish humanitarian who worked in Budapest, Hungary during World War II to rescue Jews from the Holocaust. Between July and December of 1944 he issued fake passports and housed several thousand Jews, saving an estimated 100,000 people from the Nazis.
Feng-Shan Ho was a Chinese diplomat in Vienna, who against orders, issued passports to Jews so they could leave for Vienna. He saved over 2,000 people
Irena Sendler was a nurse in the Warsaw ghetto and got 2,500 children out.
Hugh O'Flattery was a priest in Rome that saved over 4,000 allied soldiers and Jews to escape.
Giorgio Perlasca was an Italian that worked in the Spanish embassy in Budapest and helped an estimated 5,000 Jews escape.
Chiune Sugihara was a Japanese diplomat, serving as Vice Consul for the Japanese Empire in Lithuania. Soon after the occupation of Lithuania by the Soviet Union, he helped an estimated 6,000 Jews leave the country by issuing transit visas to Jewish refugees so that they could travel to Japan.
Georg Ferdinand Duckwitz was a German member of the Nazi party who worked as a special envoy to Nazi occupied Denmark. In two months it is estimated he saved over 6,000 Jews, which was 99% of the Jews that were living in Denmark.
Frank Foley was a British secret service agent estimated to have saved 10,000 Jews from the Holocaust.
Aristides de Sousa Mendes was a Portuguese Diplomat who ignored and defied the orders of his own government for the safety of war refugees fleeing from invading German military forces in the early years of World War II. Between the June 16 and June 23 1940, he frantically issued Portuguese visas free of charge, to over 30,000 refugees seeking to escape the Nazi terror, 12,000 of whom were Jews.
Dimitar Peshev was the Deputy Speaker of the National Assembly of Bulgaria and Minister of Justice during World War II. He rebelled against the pro-Nazi cabinet and prevented the deportation of Bulgaria's 48,000 Jews.
Raoul Wallenberg was a Swedish humanitarian who worked in Budapest, Hungary during World War II to rescue Jews from the Holocaust. Between July and December of 1944 he issued fake passports and housed several thousand Jews, saving an estimated 100,000 people from the Nazis.
