![Dr. Joseph Jaksy, who rescued 25 Jews during the war. [LCID: 89113]](https://encyclopedia.ushmm.org/images/large/11ba01cf-f171-448b-9e53-88acf319135d.jpg)
Dr. Joseph Jaksy, who rescued 25 Jews during the war. He provided them with hiding places, money, medicine and forged identification papers. Jaksy was named "Righteous Among the Nations." Czechoslovakia, prewar.
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