Rivlin inaugurates French museum exhibit honoring diplomats who saved Jews during Holocaust

President Reuven Rivlin inaugurates a museum exhibition highlighting the stories of diplomats who saved Jews during the Holocaust as part of an official visit to France.

The exhibition, called “Beyond duty – saving Jewish lives and showing the way,” is a collaboration between the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Yad Vashem and is opening in Israeli diplomatic missions worldwide ahead of International Holocaust Memorial Day on Sunday.

“Some 200,000 people were saved by the actions of these diplomats,” Rivlin says. “Their stories are a unique part of the history of the Holocaust. They prove that we always, as individuals, as representatives of our people and as countries, have the ability and the responsibility to make choices.”

Thirty-six diplomats in roughly 20 countries used their authority and influence to rescue Jews during the Holocaust and have been recognized by Israel as Righteous Among the Nations, according to the Government Press Office.