Courage Amidst Darkness: Unsung Heroes

In a world torn apart by hate, some chose courage. While millions turned a blind eye to the

Holocaust Muslim men and women risked everything to save their Jewish neighbors.

And most people have never heard their names. In Albania, a mostly Muslim

country, saving Jews wasn’t the exception — it was the rule. The code of honor,

called Besa, demanded protection of guests at all costs. Even as the Nazis

hunted Jews, Albanian families hid them, fed them, and gave them fake

identities. They didn’t hand over a single Jew. Across North Africa, local Muslims took

enormous risks. In Tunisia, shopkeeper Khaled Abdelwahhab hid two dozen Jews on