Emanuel Ringelblum (November 21, 1900 - March 10 (most likely), 1944) was a Polish historian, politician and social worker, known for his Notes from the Warsaw Ghetto, Notes on the Refugees in Zbąszyn chronicling the deportation of Jews from the town of Zbąszyń, and the so-called Ringelblum Archive of the Warsaw Ghetto.

Jan Karski was a Polish World War II resistance fighter who served as a courier for the Polish Underground during the German occupation.

Yad Vashem is a memorial and museum in Jerusalem, Israel, dedicated to the six million Jews who were killed during the Holocaust.