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Fatt-Deg-Pa-Hjernen t1_irsqdly wrote

So there was a second Schindler, but for Chinese citizens.

Does anyone know of other Schindlers that aren't as well-known as Schindler and Rabe?

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Eurymedion t1_irsvay3 wrote

Hermann Goering's brother, Albert, helped German Jews and Hermann knew.

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SCKR t1_irsyqzd wrote

But Albert was an open Opponent of the Nazi Ideology. A man with integrity and Honor, who sadly was treated badly after the war.

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[deleted] t1_irtj1m3 wrote

Goering really wasn't that anti-Semitic off his own steam, when he started off. He was just that greedy he was willing to spend the rest of his life hanging out with the world's biggest anti-Semites and reinventing himself as one because that's what Hitler demanded of his inner circle

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General1lol t1_irtl13i wrote

Philippine President Manuel L. Quezon took in approximately 1,300 Jewish refugees just before the Japanese invaded the islands. He donated his own land and had shelters built for the refugees. He expected to provide more amnesty to Jews but he lived in exile during the war and died before the Japanese surrendered. He “only” saved 1,300 refugees, as the US forced a strict quota on immigrants.

There is not a large Jewish community in Manila today, likely due in part to the Battle of Manila (Rape of Manila as some call it) where nearly 100,000 citizens were slaughtered by retreating Japanese. It is likely that the Jews rescued by Quezon were unfortunate victims of the onslaught.

There is a film about this, called “Quezon’s Game”.

https://florida.adl.org/manuel-quezon/

https://www.timesofisrael.com/little-known-philippines-wwii-rescue-of-jews-was-capped-by-us-interference/amp/

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[deleted] t1_irvmag0 wrote

Ho Feng Shan

> Ho Feng-Shan was a Chinese diplomat and writer for the Republic of China. When he was consul-general in Vienna during World War II, he risked his life and career to save "perhaps tens of thousands" of Jews by issuing them visas, disobeying the instruction of his superiors. It is known that Ho issued the 200th visa in June 1938, signed the 1906th visa on 27 October 1938, and was recalled to China in May 1940.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ho_Feng-Shan

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Formal-Rain t1_irva1a1 wrote

Chiune Sugihara the Japanese diplomat that saved jews from occupied Europe.

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Thelazytimelord257 t1_irwhhdi wrote

>Does anyone know of other Schindlers that aren't as well-known as Schindler and Rabe?

Don't know if this counts but Maharaja Digvijaysinhji Ranjitsinhji Jadeja (the ruler of Jamnagar) sheltered Polish orphans and women. He provided them the essentials to Polish books.

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belisaria t1_irxbpnc wrote

Irena Sendler was a Polish social worker who helped smuggle children out of the Warsaw Ghetto

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