Moses Mendelssohn was an 18th-Century German-Jewish philosopher and a giant in the intellectual growth of European Jewish culture.
Category: Europe
Thomas Clarkson (1760-1846)
A full-time organizer of the Society for Effecting the Abolition of the Slave Trade, Thomas Clarkson spearheaded the Abolitionist movement in Great Britain.
Bartolomé de las Casas (1484-1566)
Former slave owner Bartolomé de las Casas became a defender of rights for indigenous American peoples during the severe oppression of Spanish colonial rule.
Christian De Chergé (1937-1996)
Christian de Chergé was a Trappist monk and martyr who prayed alongside Muslim friends and neighbors in Algeria, and was originally inspired to spirituality by a Muslim friend who saved his life.
Francis of Assisi (1181-1226) and al-Malik al-Kamil (1180-1238)
Amid the horrors of the Crusades, Francis of Assisi and Sultan al-Malik al-Kamil dared to cross battle lines. After a week of talks, they parted as friends.