Paul Nguyen Cong Anh
Paul Nguyễn Công Anh (born 1919) was a Vietnamese national who has been classed as a Righteous Among the Nations, by Yad Vashem. Paul Nguyen was born in Vietnam and immigrated to France, where he attended the University in Nice. Here he met a fellow student, Jadwiga Alfabet, a Jewish refugee from Poland and became engaged. In the summer of 1942 French police began arresting Jews with foreign nationality, including some of Jadwiga's relatives. Paul married Jadwiga on 5 September 1942, in the hope that gaining French citizenship she'd be protected from deportation.[1] The couple then moved to Clermont-Ferrand, returning to Nice in 1943 when that city was in Italian control and relatively safe. However, in September 1943 the Germans re-occupied Nice and danger of deportation returned. From this time Paul Nguyen hid his wife, her uncle and aunt, Jakub and Salome Berliner and their baby son Roland.[2]Obtaining false papers in November 1943 he arranged a people smuggler to take Jakub to Switzerland. He arranged a second journey with Salome Berliner and her infant. Paul and Jadwiga Nguyen had two daughters. Yad Vashem recognized Paul as Righteous on 30 April 2007.[3] Paul Nguyễn Công Anh is the only Vietnamese person so recognized. His decorations included the Knight of the Legion of Honour.[4]