Andrea Bartali
Italian Andrea Bartali son of champion cyclist Gino Bartali, points at the name of his father at the Hall of Names at the Yad Vashem Holocaust memorial in Jerusalem, Thursday, Oct. 10, 2013, after a ceremony to induct Bartali into the prestigious Garden of the Righteous Among the Nations for his help rescuing Jews during World War II. During the German occupation of Italy, the champion cyclist aided the Jewish-Christian rescue network in his hometown of Florence and the surrounding area by shuffling forged documents and papers hidden in the tubes and seat of his bike. (AP Photo/Sebastian Scheiner)
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