How did a Salvadoran colonel save 40,000 Jews in WW2?

As the Holocaust raged, one Salvadoran diplomat quietly defied the Nazi regime. José Arturo Castellanos Contreras secretly forged Salvadoran passports to save Jewish families from Nazi extermination, turning a small consulate into a refuge for thousands. His bold actions defied his own government and the Nazi war machine, showing that even the quiet bravery of one individual can change the course of lives—and history.