List of Righteous Among the Nations by country

This is a partial list of some of the most prominent Righteous Among the Nations per country of origin, recognized by Yad Vashem, the Holocaust Martyrs' and Heroes' Remembrance Authority in Jerusalem. These people risked their lives or their liberty and position to help Jews during The Holocaust; some suffered death as a result. As of 1 January 2021^[update], Yad Vashem has recognized 27,921 Righteous Among the Nations from 51 countries.^[1]

By country

These figures are not necessarily an indication of the actual number of Jews saved in each country, but reflect material on rescue operations made available to Yad Vashem as of January 1, 2019.

See also

• Individuals and groups assisting Jews during the Holocaust

References

1. "Names of Righteous by Country". Yad Vashem. 1 January 2021. Retrieved 27 January 2022.
2. "Poland. Historical Background – The Righteous Among The Nations". Yad Vashem. Archived from the original on 18 August 2010. Retrieved 6 September 2013.
3. "Karolina Juszczykowska". Stories of Women Who Rescued Jews During the Holocaust. Righteous Among the Nations - Yad Vashem.
4. "The Death Penalty for Helping Jews | Polscy Sprawiedliwi".
5. Graaff, Arthur (18 January 2012), "Nederlanders redde joden", De Volkskrant (in Dutch), NL
6. "The Righteous Among The Nations". Jerusalem, Israel: Yad Vashem. 1990. Retrieved 14 December 2015.
7. Hans Calmeyer: his activity to save Jews' lives during the Holocaust, at Yad Vashem website
8. Gerritsen, Hendrika Jacoba (Heinsius), in The Righteous Among the Nations. Jerusalem: Yad Vashem, retrieved online 6 April 2018.
9. "Familieberichten" [Family notices]. Het Parool. 28 December 1990. Retrieved 13 April 2018 – via Delpher.
10. "Caecilia Antonia Maria Loots - Stories of Women Who Rescued Jews During the Holocaust". Righteous Among the Nations - Yad Vashem.
11. "Stories of Rescue The Netherlands Mario Pritchard". The Jewish Foundation for the righteous. Retrieved 5 September 2014.
12. "Profiles in Courage". Keene State College. Retrieved 4 September 2014.
13. Langer, Emily (29 February 2012). "Tina Strobos, Dutch student who rescued 100 Jews during the Holocaust, dies at 91". Washington Post. ISSN 0190-8286. Retrieved 22 April 2018.
14. "Jacques Chirac Honors French World War II Saviors". European Jewish Congress. 11 April 2007. Archived from the original on 27 September 2007.
15. Hieromonk Daniil Tymchyna – his activity to save Jews' lives during the Holocaust, at Yad Vashem website
16. Stepan Omelianiuk – his activity to save Jews' lives during the Holocaust, at the Yad Vashem website.
17. "Former Catholic Teacher Honored for Saving 2000 Jewish Children from Nazis". Jewish Telegraphic Agency. 6 October 1972.
18. Dan Mikhman (1998). Belgium and the Holocaust: Jews, Belgians, Germans. Berghahn Books. pp. 310–. ISBN 978-965-308-068-3.
19. "Jeanne Daman-Scaglione - Stories of Women Who Rescued Jews During the Holocaust - Righteous Among the Nations - Yad Vashem".
20. Kirst, Sean (27 August 2017). "Saying goodbye to quiet hero who saved thousands during WWII". The Buffalo News. Retrieved 27 August 2017.
21. Karig Sára - her activity to save Jews' lives during the Holocaust, at Yad Vashem website
22. Israel Gutman, Bracha Rivlin e Liliana Picciotto, I giusti d'Italia: i non ebrei che salvarono gli ebrei, 1943-45 (Mondadori: Milano 2006), pp. 75-76.
23. "Yad Vashem The Holocaust Martyrs' and Heroes' Remembrance Authority". Yad Vashem. Retrieved 19 June 2013.
24. "Catholic activist killed for saving Jews set for sainthood". The Times of Israel. 16 June 2013. Retrieved 19 June 2013.
25. "Belarus. Historical Background - The Righteous Among The Nations". Yad Vashem. 16 February 2010. Archived from the original on 18 August 2010. Retrieved 6 September 2013.
26. Slovakia yadvashem.org
27. Alena Hájková - her activity to save Jews' lives during the Holocaust, at Yad Vashem website
28. Moldova yadvashem.org
29. "Minutes of the Sub-Commission for the Recognition of the "Righteous Among the Nations"" (in German). Israeli Ministry of Foreign Affairs. 18 April 2005. Retrieved 10 June 2009.;
30. Tschuy, Theo. Dangerous Diplomacy: The Story of Carl Lutz, Rescuer of 62,000 Hungarian Jews, 2000. Grand Rapids:Eerdmans. ISBN 0-8028-3905-3
31. "Featured Stories - Bosnia - The Righteous Among The Nations". Yad Vashem. 16 February 2010. Archived from the original on 3 December 2013. Retrieved 6 September 2013.
32. Bosnia yadvashem.org
33. "Featured Stories - Armenia - The Righteous Among The Nations". Yad Vashem. 16 February 2010. Retrieved 21 October 2021.
34. Armenia yadvashem.org
35. Novick, Peter (1999). The Holocaust in American Life. Mariner Books. p. 180. ISBN 978-0618082322.
36. "Slovenian Righteous at Yad Vashem" (PDF). Retrieved 6 September 2013.
37. Boris Altiparmak - his activity to save Jews' lives during the Holocaust, at Yad Vashem website
38. Stojan Siljanovski - his activity to save Jews' lives during the Holocaust, at Yad Vashem website
39. Ivan Danielsson - his activity to save Jews' lives during the Holocaust, at Yad Vashem website
40. Lars Berg - his activity to save Jews' lives during the Holocaust, at Yad Vashem website
41. "American Lois Gunden named Righteous Gentile". Jewish Telegraphic Agency. 8 July 2013. Retrieved 4 December 2015.
42. "Lois Gunden - Stories of Women Who Rescued Jews During the Holocaust - Righteous Among the Nations - Yad Vashem". Retrieved 4 December 2015.
43. "American Named Righteous Among the Nations by Yad Vashem for Saving Fellow Jewish Soldiers". Retrieved 4 December 2015.
44. "Yad Vashem recognizes first Peruvian righteous gentile". Jewish Telegraphic Agency. 12 June 2014. Retrieved 4 February 2017.
45. "Names of Righteous by Country".
46. "Peru; Righteous Among the Nations Honored by Yad Vashem by 1 January 2022" (PDF).
47. "Diplomats Recognized by Yad Vashem".
48. "The Righteous Among the Nations Department". Yad Vashem. 2005. Retrieved 1 April 2013.
49. "Chilean diplomat who saved over 1,200 Jews honored as Righteous Among the Nations". 22 October 2017.
50. Indonesia yadvashem.org
51. "Dr. Mohamed Helmy and Frieda Szturmann". The Righteous Among The Nations - Yad Vashem. Retrieved 4 December 2015.
52. "Cork woman receives first Irish honour for saving Jewish victims of the Holocaust". The Irish Times. 15 May 2013. Retrieved 21 August 2013. A Cork woman who risked her life to save Jewish children from Nazi gas chambers has become the first Irish person to be honoured as "Righteous Among the Nations" by Yad Vashem, Israel's official memorial to Jewish victims of the Holocaust. Among those saved by Mary Elmes, who died in 2002, was Ronald Friend, now professor emeritus of psychology at Stony Brook, New York. At the time he was a two-year-old child whose father would not survive but whose five-year-old brother Michael was also rescued by Ms Elmes.
53. "Tribute to the Irish Scarlet Pimpernel - The Jewish Chronicle". Archived from the original on 8 September 2017.
54. Riordan, Michael (20 May 2017). "The unbelievable heroic story of Ireland's overlooked 'Oskar Schindler'". The Times of Israel.

Bibliography

• Those who Helped: Polish Rescuers of Jews During the Holocaust - Publisher: Main Commission for the Investigation of Crimes against the Polish Nation–The Institute of National Memory (1993) ISBN 83-903356-4-6
• Fogelman, Eva. Conscience & Courage: Rescuers of Jews during the Holocaust. New York: Doubleday, 1994.
• Bercher, Elinor J. Schindler's Legacy: True Stories of the List Survivors. New York: Penguin, 1994.
• Michał Grynberg, Księga Sprawiedliwych (Book of the Righteous), Warsaw, PWN, 1993.

External links

• Yad Vashem, The Righteous Among The Nations, Virtual Wall of Honor Numbers of Righteous sorted by Country, with links to names. Accessed 6 December 2018.