Chilean diplomat who saved over 1,200 during the Holocaust honored
Chilean diplomat Samuel del Campo issued Polish and Chilean passports to over 1,200 Polish and Romanian Jews who were confined by Romanian authorities in the Chernivtsi ghetto.
Samuel del Campo was stationed in Romania during World War II and issued passports to Jews before they were deported to Nazi camps. (photo credit: YAD VASHEM)ByMARCEL GASCÓN BARBERÁ/JTA