[1][2][3] He was decorated along with his family by the state of Israel as Righteous Among the Nations for saving Jews during the Second World War.

Veseli was a 17 year old Muslim, born and raised in the rural city of Kruja in the mountains of Albania.

[4][5][6][7][8] He was president of the Albania-Israel Friendship Society in Tirana.

[9] In 2014, a school was named after him in Berlin, the Refik Veseli Schule.

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