Pan Jun Shun
Pan Jun-Shun (Chinese language: 潘均順; 1889 – 1974), was the first Chinese national to be awarded the title Righteous Among the Nations for hiding and sheltering a Ukrainian Jewish girl during the occupation of part of the Soviet Union during World War II.
Read more about Pan Jun Shun: Life, Righteous Among The Nations
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