Tag: Righteous Among the Nations

Albania is the only country in Europe that had more Jews after World War II than before the war.

The Israeli Embassy there held a ceremony honoring Slovakian Righteous Among the Nations. It awarded six coins and certificates to six families who risked their lives saving persecuted Jews during the Holocaust.

Yad Vashem has recognized about 28,000 Righteous Among the Nations.

In 1947, the Japanese foreign office asked Sugihara to resign because of "that incident" in Lithuania.

Yad Vashem recognized Angel Sanz-Briz as a Righteous Among the Nations in 1966 for saving approximately 5,200 Jews from the Nazis.

"Baruch was a partisan and a fighter who, throughout his life, embodied the survivors' rebirth and commitment to building a new life for himself, his family, his nation, and his country."

To date, Yad Vashem has recognized over 27,000 Righteous Among the Nations, 355 of whom are from Greece.

Janina Rosciszewska met earlier this week Pavel (Pinchas) Wagner, who had been saved as a child during the Holocaust, thanks to her family.

Of the approximately 30 diplomats recognized by Yad Vashem as Righteous Among the Nations, two were Asian: Chiune Sugihara of Japan, and Dr. Ho Feng-Shan, of China.

Chiune Sempo Sugihara issued between 2,100 and 3,500 transit visas and saved some 6,000 Jews, papers which later came to be known as “visas for life.”

The exhibition tells the stories of diplomats who risked their lives and the safety of their families to rescue hundreds and even thousands of Jews.

"I told him that he must be very proud of his great-grandmother for saving defenseless Jews; as Prime Minister of Israel I am very proud that Jews are no longer defenseless."

The names of Henri and Emilie Lamberty will be added to the Wall of Honor in the Garden of the Righteous Among the Nations at Yad Vashem.

“At Yad Vashem, there is an avenue along which there are trees which represent the Righteous Among the Nations. But one tree is missing . . ."

Out of the 26,513 people who have received the honor, 6,706 are Poles, 5,516 are Dutch.

During the Second World War, Grazhbile and her mother opened a garment workshop for Jewish women living in the ghetto.

There are thousands of personal letters in the Yad Vashem Archives, which were sent by Jews – adults and children – to their relatives and friends from their homes, the ghettos and the camps.

On December 23, 2015, Yad Vashem posthumously recognized Marie and Joseph Andries as Righteous Among the Nations.

Jews competed in the most coveted sporting competitions throughout Europe, including the Olympics.

The Chief Rabbi of Poland arranged for the Pope to meet with Righteous Christian Poles at Auschwitz-Birkenau.

US President Barack Obama told a gathering at the Israeli Embassy in Washington, "We are all Jews."

The Jewish Foundation for the Righteous (JFR) seeks to repay the debt of gratitude to non-Jews who saved Jews during the Holocaust by providing financial support to those non-Jewish rescuers in need.

A Dutch diplomat who died in a Nazi concentration camp will receive Israel’s special honor for non-Jews who helped Holocaust survivors escape the genocide. The...