Necdet Kent, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

    

Necdet Kent

Turkish diplomat

Date of Birth: 01-Jan-1911

Place of Birth: Constantinople

Date of Death: 20-Sep-2002

Profession: diplomat

Nationality: Turkey

Zodiac Sign: Capricorn


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About Necdet Kent

  • Ismail Necdet Kent (1 January 1911 – 20 September 2002) was a Turkish diplomat, who risked his life to save Jews during World War II.
  • While vice-consul in Marseilles, France between 1941 and 1944, he gave documents of citizenship to dozens of Turkish Jews living in France who did not have proper identity papers, to save them from deportation to the Nazi gas chambers.

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