Some more information:
Martin Niemöller
was a Protestant pastor and head of the anti-Nazi Confessing Church. Arrested for "malicious attacks against the state", he spent seven years in the Dachau and Sachsenhausen. Released in 1945 by the Allies.
Source: Museum of Tolerance
George Santayana
was a philosopher, essayist, poet and novelist.
See also:
http://www.yadvashem.org/ (engl)
"Non-Jews who saved Jews during the Holocaust, often at great personal risk, are honored by Yad Vashem as the "Righteous Among The Nations". By saving Jews, these people proved that rescue was possible and by so doing they enhanced the dignity of humanity. "
Source: Museum of Tolerance
Righteous Among the Nations:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Righteous_Among_the_Nations (engl)
http://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gerechte_unter_den_V%C3%B6lkern (germ)
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