英语美文名人励志故事39:英国签证官弗兰克·福利拯救犹太人的故事
39. Briton who Saved Jews Remembered
39. 拯救犹太人的英国签证官：一个值得永远铭记的英雄
A British agent who saved thousands of Jews from the Nazis is being remembered with a plaque being placed outside the British embassy in Berlin.
一位英国间谍曾经从纳粹营中救出数千名犹太人，日前，在英国驻柏林大使馆外竖着一块牌子来纪念这位英雄人物。
Frank Foley was based in Berlin in the 1930s, working as a passport control officer, and using his position to provide papers for Jewish people.
20世纪30年代时，弗兰克·福利在柏林从事护照签发工作，他利用职务之便为犹太人提供(逃离所必需的)证件。
It is believed Mr. Foley saved tens of thousands of lives, even hiding people in his own home.
据悉，福利先生挽救了数万名犹太人的生命，他甚至把犹太人藏匿在自己家中。
Foreign Secretary Jack Straw described him as "a true British hero".
英国外交大臣杰克·斯特劳称他是“真正的大不列颠英雄”。
Eyewitness recall Mr. Foley as an unassuming hero--a small, slightly overweight man with round glasses.
据一些见证人回忆，福利先生是一位谦逊的英雄----一个戴着圆框眼镜、微微有些发福的小个子男人。
But he was actually Britain's top in the spy city.
但他实际上是英国派驻柏林市的顶级间谍。
He not only interpret the rules on visa loosely, enabling Jews to escape to Britain and Palestine, but he also helped to forge passports.
他不仅从宽解释有关签证的法规，使犹太人可以逃往英国和巴勒斯坦，而且还帮助犹太人伪造护照。
And, despite not having diplomatic immunity, he gave shelter to some people in his own home.
而且，尽管没有外交豁免权，他仍然让一些犹太人住在自己家里避难。
Mr. Foley's efforts have already been recognized by Israel, which declared him righteous a gentile, like Oskar Schindler, and he has also been honoured by his hometown of Stourbridge in the West Midlands.
福利先生的功绩已经得到以色列的承认，和奥斯卡·辛德勒一样，他也获得了以色列政府颁发的“正义外邦人”勋章。他还受到了来自他的家乡(西米德兰的斯陶尔布里奇镇)的褒奖。
Michael Smith of the Daily Telegraph, who wrote a book about him, said that although it is not known exactly how many lives Mr. Foley saved, archive evidence would suggest the number was in the tens of thousands.
《每日电讯报》的迈克尔·史密斯写了一本关于他的书，他说，尽管没人知道福利先生究竟挽救了多少条生命，但相关的档案证据显示这个数字应该是几万。
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