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    Righteous Among the Nations (Hebrew: חֲסִידֵי אֻמּוֹת הָעוֹלָם ḥasidei ummot ha'olam) is a title used by Yad Vashem to describe people who, for various...
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    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'...
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    The citizens of Poland have the highest count of individuals who have been recognized by Yad Vashem as the Polish Righteous Among the Nations, for saving...
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    The Garden of the Righteous Among the Nations (Hebrew: גַן חֲסִידִי אוּמות הָעוֹלָם) is part of the much larger Yad Vashem complex located on the Mount...
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    Ukrainian Righteous Among the Nations. As of 1 January 2018[update], 2,619 Ukrainians have been honored with this title by Yad Vashem, the Holocaust Martyrs'...
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    List of Polish Righteous Among the Nations includes families and individuals recognised as Righteous Among the Nations for rendering rescue and assistance...
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    Vashem Righteous Among the Nations database Per Faye-Hansen's story at Yad Vashem website Gilbert, Martin (2003). The Righteous: The Unsung Heroes of the Holocaust...
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    the Righteous Among the Nations in 2005. The Righteous Among the Nations award was established in 1963. Julija Vitkauskienė and Ona Šimaitė were the first...
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    As of 1 January 2022[update], Yad Vashem recognised 651 Righteous Among the Nations from Germany. Contents A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V...
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    This is the list of Croatian Righteous Among the Nations. As of 1 February 2019[update], 117 Croatians have been honored with this title by Yad Vashem...
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    This is a list of Austrian Righteous Among the Nations. As of 1 January 2018[update], 109 Austrians have been honored with this title by Yad Vashem for...
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    justice, recognizes rescuers of Jews as Righteous among the Nations to honor non-Jews who risked their lives during the Holocaust to save Jews from extermination...
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  • April 1992, Yad Vashem awarded Nallit the title Righteous Among the Nations. He died on 12 November 2024, at the age of 101. "Jean Nallit" (PDF). Yadvashem...
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    Vashem known as the Garden of the Righteous Among the Nations. Yad Vashem is the second-most-visited Israeli tourist site, after the Western Wall, with...
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    This is a list of Czech Righteous Among the Nations. As of 1 January 2022[update], 125 Czechs have been honored with this title by Yad Vashem for saving...
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    Irene Gut Opdyke (category Catholic Righteous Among the Nations)
    persecuted by Nazi Germany during World War II. She was honored as a Righteous Among the Nations by Yad Vashem for risking her life to save twelve Jews. Irena...
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  • in the Land of Israel who follows the Seven Laws of Noah Righteous Among the Nations, an honorific bestowed by the State of Israel to non-Jews who risked...
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    Ulma family (category Polish Righteous Among the Nations)
    during the occupation of Poland by Nazi Germany. In 1995 the adult Ulmas have been recognized by the State of Israel as Righteous Among the Nations. They...
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    Hans Walz (category German Righteous Among the Nations)
    Karl Adler, for which he was awarded the title of Righteous Among the Nations in 1969 by Israel. He is one of the few Nazi Party members to be honoured...
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    and thus did not meet the Yad Vashem criteria for the "Righteous Among the Nations" honor. Below is a partial list of some of the more significant rescuers...
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    Oskar Schindler (category German Righteous Among the Nations)
    possibly the only former member of the Nazi Party to be honoured in this way. He and his wife were named Righteous Among the Nations by the Israeli government...
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    Emilie Schindler (category German Righteous Among the Nations)
    from the Nazis. She was recognized as Righteous Among the Nations by Israel's Yad Vashem in 1994. She was born in the village of Maletín in Czechoslovakia...
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    Pan Junshun (category Chinese Righteous Among the Nations)
    was the first Chinese national to be awarded the title Righteous Among the Nations for hiding and sheltering a Ukrainian Jewish girl during the occupation...
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    recognized as one of the Polish Righteous Among the Nations for his efforts to rescue the Polish-Jewish composer Władysław Szpilman during the Holocaust in Poland...
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    Roddie Edmonds (category American Righteous Among the Nations)
    defense of Jewish servicemen at the POW camp, Edmonds, a Christian, was awarded the title "Righteous Among the Nations", Israel's highest award for non-Jews...
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    Mohammed Helmy (category Egyptian Righteous Among the Nations)
    recognized by Israel as one of the Righteous Among the Nations in 2013, with his name being listed at Yad Vashem in the city of Jerusalem. Born in Sudan...
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    Andrzej Bogucki (category Polish Righteous Among the Nations)
    actions during World War II. In 1978 the Yad Vashem institute awarded him and his wife the Righteous Among the Nations award, an award given to non-Jewish...
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    Gustav Schröder (category German Righteous Among the Nations)
    with the title of Righteous Among the Nations. In 2000, his home town of Hamburg named a street after Schröder and unveiled a detailed plaque at the landing...
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    Louise Cook (humanitarian) (category British Righteous Among the Nations)
    helped Jews escape Nazi Germany in the 1930s. In 1965, the Cook sisters were honoured as Righteous Among the Nations by Yad Vashem in Israel. In 2010 she...
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  • Wilm Hosenfeld (category Catholic Righteous Among the Nations)
    (Israel's official memorial to the victims of the Holocaust) as one of the Righteous Among the Nations. Hosenfeld was born into the family of a Roman Catholic...
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