Arslan Rezniqi

Kosovan Albanian Righteous Among the Nations From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Arslan Rezniqi was the first Kosovan Albanian to receive the title Righteous Among the Nations. He received the award posthumously on 2 December 2008, for housing 42 Jewish families and transporting 400 Jews to safety in Albania during the Holocaust, risking his life in the process.[1][2][3] He was a vegetable wholesaler, who was originally from Deçan.[4][5]

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