Yad Vashem has recognised an Egyptian doctor as Righteous Among the Nations.
The late Mohamed Helmy, who helped save a Jewish family at the height of the Holocaust, is the first Egyptian to receive the accolade.
Dr Helmy died in 1982 and Yad Vashem is searching for his next of kin so that they can be presented with the certificate and medal of the Righteous.
Until the ceremony is arranged, the medal will be on display in an exhibition at Yad Vashem titled ‘I am My Brother’s Keeper: 50 Years of Honouring Righteous Among the Nations’.