Friday, December 23, 2011

 

The Iranian Oskar Schindler

Here's a feel-good news item for today:
Thousands of Iranian Jews and their descendants owe their lives to a Muslim diplomat in wartime Paris, according to a new book. In The Lion's Shadow tells how Abdol-Hossein Sardari risked everything to help fellow Iranians escape the Nazis.
Here's the BBC News link. 

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