Confronting evil

Re “ ‘Mexican Schindler’ honored,” Dec.1

How refreshing to read about the Mexican diplomat Gilberto Bosques Saldivar, one of the many diplomats who saved Jews during World War II. The International Raoul Wallenberg Foundation had the privilege of honoring Bosques in 2005 as well as his Brazilian colleague, Luiz Martins de Souza Dantas, who also saved many lives in wartime France.

We currently are conducting research on the actions of Turkish diplomats who served in France and Vichy, such as Ambassador Behic Erkin and Vice Consul Necdet Kent. Many believe they too saved Jews.

The Holocaust was a two-sided coin. The Nazis embodied evil. People like Saldivar proved to us that one man can make a difference.

Danny Rainer

Jerusalem

The writer is the vice president of the International Raoul Wallenberg Foundation.