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Mohammed Helmy was recognized by which organization for saving Jews in the Holocaust?

  • UNESCO

  • Yad Vashem

  • International Red Cross

  • Amnesty International

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Mohammed Helmy was a Sudanese doctor who saved the lives of over 300 Jews during the Holocaust. He was recognized by Yad Vashem, the Israeli Holocaust memorial and museum, as a Righteous Among the Nations for his actions. Helmy worked at a hospital in Cairo, Egypt, and used his position to provide medical care and shelter to Jews who were fleeing from Nazi persecution.
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