Selahattin Ülkümen era il console generale turco a Rodi che salvò decine di ebrei usando i privilegi diplomatici, sua moglie fu poco dopo uccisa da un bombardamento tedesco per rappresaglia

The complete story for those interested in: [Selahattin Ülkümen – Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Selahattin_%C3%9Clk%C3%BCmen)

He arranged fake documents to show Jews of mostly foreign origin as if they were Turks, then told the German general that it would cause an international crisis if they were not allowed to go. Soon after Gestapo found out the truth, they bombed the consulate building, killing his wife and two employees.

Then detained and exiled to another island, they didn’t touch him though (probably wasn’t worth a whole mess with Turkey). He eventually returned home and died in 2003.