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Source: https://greekreporter.com/2021/09/10/israel-honors-greeks-holocaust/
Israel Honors Brave Greeks Who Saved Jewish Girl from the Holocaust
(Greek Reporter) Tasos Kokkinidis - Israeli Ambassador Yossi Amrani on Thursday presented the Righteous Among the Nations medal from the Yad Vashem Holocaust Remembrance Center in Israel to Vasiliki and Dimitrios Kiakidis - posthumously - for rescuing Donna Rodrig, a Greek Jew, during World War II, in Komotini in northern Greece. The couple's grandson, Dimitris Kiakidis, received the award. Amrani pointed out that they risked their lives to save their Jewish compatriot. Dimitrios Kiakidis was a doctor with a small private clinic. He met Donna in 1942 and offered her a job and to live with his family, looking after the children. With the beginning of the persecution of the Jews in 1943, Kiakidis obtained a fake Christian identity card for Donna and then sent her to the safety of a mountain village. 83% of the 59,000 Greek Jews were deported and exterminated by the Nazis including all of Donna's relatives."