Japanese diplomat Saburo Nei issued lifesaving visas for Jews escaping persecution from Nazi Germany to pass through Japan.

Watch Nicholas Winton experience a tearful surprise when he came face-to-face with dozens of the 669 children he saved from certain death during the Holocaust.

Would you be willing to put your own children at risk to save a Jew? Not so simple. On an individual level it is very difficult to answer this question.

Posing as a Spanish ambassador, an Italian Catholic forged protection cards for over 5,000 Jews during the Holocaust, thus saving their lives.