Dec 15, 2014
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One has to wonder if Steven Spielberg chose the right man to profile in film. Posing as a Spanish diplomat in Hungary during World War II, Italian import/exporter Giorgio Perlasca diverted some 5,200 Jews from extermination camps.
(For comparison's sake, Oskar Schindler, the subject of the blockbuster Hollywood "Schindler's List," is credited with saving 1,200.
Source: http://www.timesofisrael.com
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