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Source: http://www.jpost.com/Diaspora/Yad-Vashem-honors-Chilean-righteous-among-the-nations-508096
Yad Vashem Honors Chilean Diplomat as Righteous Among the Nations
(Jerusalem Post) Tamara Zieve - Israel's Holocaust center Yad Vashem on Sunday posthumously honored Chilean diplomat Samuel del Campo, who risked his career to help rescue over a thousand Polish Jews during the Holocaust. Del Campo served as Chilean Charge d'Affaires in Bucharest from 1941 to 1943 and issued Chilean passports to Jews of Polish nationality. Yad Vashem estimated that 1,200 Jews received Chilean passports, providing them with protection against deportation.