An Egyptian-German who helped a Jewish family during World War Two, Dr. Mohamed Helmy, has been recognized with a Google Doodle.

On the occasion of Dr. Helmy's 122nd birthday, Google commissioned the piece by Berlin-based artist Noa Snir.

It shows the doctor's "open-hearted nature" by displaying him with his arms spread wide.

Born in Sudan in 1901 to an Egyptian father and a German mother, Dr. Helmy subsequently migrated to Germany to pursue his medical studies. He eventually worked his way up to become the chief of the urology division at a hospital in Berlin.

When Adolf Hitler came to power in 1933, the persecution of Jews grew worse.

Non-Aryan people were also subject to prejudice, and Dr. Helmy was twice detained by the Nazis in 1939 and 1940, lost his job, and was forbade from marrying his German fiancée.

However, Dr. Helmy made the decision to support the family of one of his Jewish patients, especially a teenage girl named Anna Boros who, at one point, he mistook for his niece by donning a Muslim headscarf.