Although the phrase Righteous Gentiles has become a general term for any non-Jew who risked their life to save Jews during the Holocaust, the motion passed by the General Convention of 2009 specifically cited the work of five individuals: Raoul Wallenberg (Swedish, d. 1947), Hiram Bingham IV (American, d. 1988), Karl Lutz (Swiss, d. 1975), C. Sujihara (Japanese, d. 1986), and Andre Trocme (French, d. 1971). The best known of these is, perhaps, the Swede Wallenberg who worked in Budapest, Hungary, during World War II to rescue Jews from the Holocaust. Between July and December 1944, he issued protective passports and housed Jews, saving tens of thousands of Jewish lives. On January 17, 1945, he was arrested in Budapest by the Soviets after they wrested control of the city from the Germans, and was reported to have been executed while a prisoner at Lubyanka Prison, although this is not entirely certain. Wallenberg has been honored numerous times. He is an honorary citizen of the United States, Canada, Hungary and Israel. Israel has also designated Wallenberg one of the Righteous among the Nations. Monuments have been dedicated to him, and streets have been named after him throughout the world. (Wikipedia has good biographical information on all of these Righteous Gentiles.)