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OCR: Rescuers helped save people from persecution during the Holocaust These were the people who risked their lives to help their neighbors, while vast ma jority af pcopie under German control P!P nothing ar even profited by their mis fortune Some rescue hia people in their home often for the duration of the war. Others provided faise documents that identified Jews as Christians, or participatcd in operations to smi uggle them to neutral countries Raoul Wallenberg one of the most famous rescuers, saved thousands of Jews Budapest, Hungary during deportations from that city. Oskar Schind ier another rescuer saved hundreds of Jews by putting them work in his factory and refusing to allow their deportation by the Nazi authoritfes. Some government agents aiso risked their lives and careers to help v ...