Irena Sendlerowa "smuggled some 2,500 Jewish children out of the Warsaw Ghetto" http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Irena_Sendler

Zegota saved almost the same number . In Belgium , Yvonne Nevejean , as head of the govenemental "child welfare" services , managed to hide around 4000 Jewish children .

Shabat Shalom, Arie

Zegota (Polish Council to Aid Jews) was a resistance organisation (not a person) during WWII in occupied Poland. In Poland there was a capital punishment for helping Jews and being caught for the one that helped and his/her family, in Belgium on the other hand it was a fine with the amount comparable with traffic ticket.

nor about other ones . I know it much better as you do . The leader of Zegota , a Catholic antisemite , was arrested , but released .

Catholic, antisemite, arrested or not still an organisation not a single person ,...

this leader they saved around 2500 children . If not for her , there would not have been this organisation . But this is naturally not something you like , 2500 Jewish children saved and not murdered by your friends .

What fantastic role models. I don't know whether I would have the courage to put my life at risk for the sake of justice and rightreousness. Hopefully I will never find myself in this awful position.

Some people who hid Jews paid it with their life . Odile Ovart with her husband amongst them . Others were arrested , but freed after a night , example the priest who hid me , i was betrayed by a 'split" .