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Ivan Vranetic, 84, rescued Jews during Holocaust
JERUSALEM - Ivan Vranetic, a Yugoslav partisan who saved Jews during the Holocaust and went on to head the organization that honors non-Jews who saved Jews from the Nazis, has died in Israel.
He was 84.
Israel's Holocaust memorial Yad Vashem recognized Vranetic in 1970 as "Righteous Among the Nations" for helping Jews find hiding places in Croatia during World War II.
Vranetic,...
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