Israel’s High Court rejected a petition to strip a Ukranian man of his title of Righteous Gentile. The court said Tuesday that the court was not the right place to determine whether Stefan Wrzemczuk deserved the accolade, given by the Yad Vashem Holocaust Memorial to those who helped save Jews during the Holocaust.
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