Mordecai Paldiel, former director of the Department of the Righteous Among the Nations at Yad Vashem in Jerusalem, describes his own personal Holocaust survivor story of being saved by a Catholic priest. This early experience led to his life's work recognizing righteous non-Jews who saved Jews during the Holocaust. Mentioned in this episode is Paldiel's book "Poland, the Jews and the Holocaust: Promised Beginnings and Troubled Past." He is also a member of the board of directors of the https://sousamendesfoundation.org/