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This exhibition relates the unique stories of diplomats recognized by Yad Vashem, the World Holocaust Remembrance Center, as Righteous Among the Nations. During the Holocaust, these diplomats recognized the danger and murder facing the Jews in the countries in which they served, at the hands of the Nazi Germans, with the help of their accomplices and allies. They chose to act according to their conscience, and tried to save as many Jewish men, women and children as possible, mainly by providing them with passports, visas and travel permits. The exhibition was sponsored by Permanent Missions of Israel, Peru and Portugal to the 51³Ô¹Ï. Secretary-General made opening remarks and St¨¦phane Dujarric served as the Master of Ceremonies.