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A portrait of Antonin Kalina (photo credit: © Gay Block)

The man who saved 900 Jewish boys INSIDE a death camp

Antonin Kalina was a communist imprisoned by the Nazis in Buchenwald. There, he kept the youngsters of his Block 66 alive. He never discussed this after the war, and died 20 years ago. Only now has his heroism been recognized

By Brad Rothschild