As a member of Zegota (the Council for Aid to Jews) and head of its Children's Bureau, Irena helped more than 2,500 Jewish children in the Warsaw ghetto, smuggling many out of the ghetto to safety. She was arrested and tortured by the Germans.SUPPORT RESCUERS >

An American journalist, Varian went to Marseilles to help refugees flee France. Shocked by the hurdles preventing emigration, he set up a relief bureau that helped more than 1,000 Jews and non-Jews escape, most to the United States.SUPPORT RESCUERS >

Jadviga, her parents, and her seven siblings sheltered a Jewish family on their farm for more than a year. Although they lived in poverty, Jadviga and her family put the welfare of the eight Jewish strangers before their own.SUPPORT RESCUERS >

Olga took in a nine-year-old Jewish boy whose parents had been arrested and deported. She passed him off as her cousin. When neighbors became suspicious, Olga placed the boy in an orphanage and continued to provide care for him.SUPPORT RESCUERS >

A Japanese diplomat in Kovno, Chiune sought to help fleeing Jews escape the Nazis. He ignored the orders of his government and issued transit visas permitting thousands of Jews to escape through the Soviet Union to safety in other countries.SUPPORT RESCUERS >