Arslan Rezniqi
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Arslan Rezniqi was the first Kosovan Albanian to receive the title Righteous Among the Nations. He received the award posthumously on 2 December 2008, for housing 42 Jewish families and transporting 400 Jews to safety in Albania during the Holocaust, risking his life in the process.[1][2][3] He was a vegetable wholesaler, who was originally from Deçan.[4][5]