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 and indeed, some of them have been punished by death as a result.[1] By the end of 2010 Yad Vashem recognized 23,788 Righteous Among the Nations from 45 countries. [2]
Country of origin
Poland (total: 6,195[3])
Netherlands (total: 5,009)
- Miep Gies and her husband Jan Gies, helpers of Anne Frank
- Corrie ten Boom
- Frits Philips of Philips Electronics
- Johan Benders & his wife, Gerritdina Benders-Letterboer
- Johan Hendrik Weidner
- Victor Kugler
- Jaap Penraat
- Walter Susskind
- Johan van Hulst
- Geertruida Wijsmuller-Meijer saved some 10.000 Jewish children, a.o. directly from Adolf Eichmann
- Jan Zwartendijk Saved 3 000
- Alida Bosshardt, also known as Majoor Bosshardt (Salvation Army)
- Le Grand-Franken, Joop (nickname). Official name Johanna Le Grand and her two brave brothers (the FRANKEN family): Wim Franken & Sim Franken [4]
- Liesbeth en Ariën Visscher-Valckenier Suringar
- Marion Pritchard
- Tine zur Kleinsmiede
- Jacobus Rijnbout & his wife Eelkje Hattuma, honored posthumously on April 20, 2004
- Jan Roorda and his wife Rien Roorda
- Dirk van Schaik
- The Sietsma brothers, Hein & Henk
- Joop Westerweel and his wife Wilhelmina
- Joop Woortman & Jaap Musch, from the N.V. Group
- Jan Giliam
- Clara Dijkstra
- Petrus & Afra Dubelaar, Amsterdam North, and Hendrikus & Alida Dubelaar, Santport; from the Westerweel Group. [Hidden: Sam Goldberg, mother, grandmother]
- Barent Binnenkant
- Dr. Gerrit J. ten Zythoff
- Sipke and Femmigje Woudstra
- Dirk Boonstra
- Johannes and Janke de Vries
- Johtje Vos and her husband Aart Vos
- Jan Van Hulst
- Binne Roorda
France (total: 2,991)
- Pierre Granal and his wife, Rose Granal
- André and Magda Trocmé
- Alexandre Glasberg & his brother Vila Glasberg (Victor Vermont)
- Edouard Theis
- René and Hélène Bindel, their son Jean, and Clotilde Pava
- Jacques Ellul (2001)
- Camille Ernst
- Father Pierre-Marie Benoit
- Father Jean Fleury
- Marie-Rose Gineste
- Pierre-Marie Gerlier, Cardinal of Lyon (1981)
- Dr. Adélaïde Hautval
- Jean Deffaugt
- Raoul Laporterie
- Pastor Jean Séverin Lemaire
- Gilbert Lesage
- Anne-Marie Mingat and Marthe Lerme
- Germaine Ribière
- Mother Maria
- Archbishop of Toulouse, Monseigneur Jules-Géraud Saliège
- Bishop of Montauban, Monseigneur Pierre Marie Théas
- Edouard Vigneron
- Marc Boegner
- The entire town of Le Chambon-sur-Lignon -
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Ukraine (total: 2,246)
- Maria Podolian and her mother
- Nikolay Leschinger
- Yekaterina Panchenko Movchan
- Raisa Makarevich and her mother, Feokla Levitkaya
Belgium (total: 1,512)
- Joseph André (1908-1973), Catholic priest of Namur
- Queen Elisabeth of the Belgians
- Robert de Foy, Head of State Security
- Andree Geulen-Herscovici
- Jean-Baptiste Janssens (1889-1964), Superior General of the Jesuits
- Alphonse Lambrette (1884-1970)
- Jean & Editj Maertens de Noordhout
- Jeanne de Mulienaere
- Yvonne Nevéjean
- Henri Reynders
- Suzanne Spaak
- Marie and Emile Taquet Marie Taquet-Martens and her husband, Major Emile Taquet
- Father Henri Van Oostayen (1906 -1945)
Lithuania (total: 761)
- Jonas Paulavičius
- Kazys Binkis
- Ona Simaite
Hungary (total: 725)
- József Antall (the father of the prime minister of 1990)
- Vilmos Apor
- Zoltan Bay
- Kálmán Ferenczfalvi
- Béni Ferenczy and his wife
- Lajos Gidófalvy
- Béla Király
- Katalin Karády (actress)
- Géza Várkonyi and Gyula Várkonyi
- Captain László Ocskay
- Pál Szalai
- Gabor Sztehlo
- Áron Márton (Roman Catholic bishop in Transylvania)
- Michnai László
- Maria Olt
- Géza Ottlik (novelist) and his wife
- Sister Sara Salkahazi
- Margit Slachta (the first female Member of Parliament in Hungary, the founder of The Society of the Sisters of Social Service - Societas Sororum Socialium)
- Gábor Sztehlo
- Jedespece Serespece
- Serekes
Belarus (total: 602)
Slovakia (total: 489)
- bl. Pavol Peter Gojdič
- Dr. Michal Majercik and his wife Anna
- Marta Haasová
Italy (total: 468)[5]
- Dr. Carlo Angela, M.D.
- Fr. Arrigo Beccari
- Fr. Aldo Brunacci
- Sr. Ester Busnelli
- Tullio Colsalvatico
- Sr. Cornelia Cordini
- Fr. Antonio Dressino
- Fr. Leone Maria Ehrhard
- Cardinal Vincenzo Fagiolo
- Odoardo Focherini
- Mother Elisabetta Hesselblad (2004)
- Prof. Arturo Carlo Jemolo
- Pietro Lestini and his daughter Giuliana Lestini
- Martino Michelone, parish priest of Moransengo[6]
- Francesco Moraldo
- Dr. Giuseppe Moreali, M.D.
- Fr. Rufino Niccacci
- Msgr. Giuseppe Placido Nicolini
- Dr. Giovanni Palatucci
- Cardinal Pietro Palazzini
- Giorgio Perlasca
- Lorenzo Perrone
- Fr. Ottavio Posta[7]
- Fr. Francesco Repetto
- Msgr. Angelo Rotta, Apostolic Nuncio to Hungary (1997)
- Fr. Emanuele Stablum
- Fr. Gaetano Tantalo
- Msgr. Gennaro Verolino
- Fr. Raimondo Viale
- Dr. Guelfo Zamboni
Germany (total: 460)
- Oskar and Emilie Schindler
- Anton Schmid
- Karl Plagge
- Mati Driessen
- Meta Schmidt
- Hermann Friedrich Graebe
- Wilm Hosenfeld
- Bernhard Lichtenberg
- Hermann Maas
- Armin T. Wegner
- Baron Friedrich Carl von Oppenheim
- Hans von Dohnanyi
- Karl Gröger
- Hugo Armann
- Wilhelm Hammann
- Eberhard Helmrich
- Joseph Höffner & sister Helena
- Elisabeth Abegg
- Adolf and Maria Althoff
- Dr. Albert Battel
- Major Max Liedtke
- Berthold Beitz
- Dr. H.G. Calmeyer
- Loni and Albert Harder
- Dr. Gertrud Luckner
- Dr. Otto and Gertrud Mörike
- Alfred Rossner
- Richard Ernst Moser
- Captain Gustav Schröder
- Dr. Helmut and Annemarie Sell
- Otto Weidt
- Maria von Maltzan
- Father Alfred Delp,SJ
- Heinz Drossel
- Walter Krämer
Greece (total: 307)
- Princess Alice of Greece
- Bishop Chrysostomos of Zakynthos
- Archbishop Damaskinos of Athens
- Angelos Evert, head of Athens police
- Archbishop Ioakim of Volos
- Lukas G. Karreri, mayor of Zakynthos
- Dr. Kostas Nikolaou
- Yerassimos Paloumbis Kephalonia
- Princess Helen of Greece and Denmark
Russia (total: 163)
- Tatiana Zelenskaya and Pavel Chariuta [8]
- Nikolay Kiselev
Serbia (total: 125)
- Right Reverend Svetozar Milenkovic
- Vida Petrovic, spouse of Svetozar Milenkovic
- Aleksander Petrovic, brother of Vida Petrovic
- Dr. Dusan Jovanovic
- Andrija Latal
- Petar Zankovic
- Klara Baic
- Slobodan Knezevic
- Milenija Knezevic
- Dragoljub Trajkovic
- Borivoje Bondzic
- Jelica Bondzic
- Ljubica Mandusic-Gazikalovic
- Jelica Rankovic, daughter of Ljubica Mandusic-Gazikalovic
Latvia (total: 120)
Czech Republic (total: 118)
- Anna Binder-Urbanová
- Milena Jesenská
- Přemysl Pitter
Croatia (total: 102)
Austria (total: 88)[9]
- Oswald Bosko
- Wanda Bottesi
- Friedericke Buchegger
- Anton Dietz
- Anna Ehn
- Gottfried von Einem
- Anna Friessnegg
- Charlotte Fritz
- Karl Gröger
- Anna-Maria Haas
- Irene Harand
- Edith Hauer
- Danuta Kleisinger
- Ewald Kleisinger
- Ludwig and Maria Knapp
- Alois Kreiner
- Victor Kugler
- Otto Kuttelwascher
- Arthur Lanc
- Maria Lanc
- Hermann Langbein
- Erwin Lutz
- Julius Madritsch
- Dorothea Neff
- Anton Schmid
- Edi Stecher
- Maria Steiner
- Maria Stocker
- Leo Tschoell
- Rudolf Wertz
Albania (total: 69)[10]
Romania (total: 60)
- Viorica Agarici
- Theodor Criveanu[11]
- Traian Popovici
- Cojoc Gheorghe
- Elena Queen Mother of Romania
- Cuciuba Traian and his son Traian jr
- Raoul Şorban
- Anutoiu T. Anghel
- Constantin Simionescu
- Beceanu Dumitru
- Ioan D. Popescu
- Moldovan Valeriu
- Sion Mircea Petru G.
- Prince Constantin Karadja [1] , Romanian diplomat
- Gheorghe Petre I
- Manoliu Florian
- Suta Ioan
Norway (total: 42)
For a complete list, see Norwegian Righteous Among the Nations
- Ingebjorg Sletten
- Nic Waal
- Nina Hasvold
- Gerda Tanberg
- Martin Solvang
- Ola Rauken
- Ola Breisjøberget
- Sigrid Helliesen Lund
- Per Faye-Hansen
Switzerland (total: 45)
- Paul Grueninger
- Carl Lutz
- Friedrich Born
- Ernst Prodolliet
- Elizabeth Eidenbenz
Denmark (total: 22)
The Danish Underground requested that all its members who participated in the rescue of the Danish Jews should not be listed individually, but commemorated as one group, according to the Righteous among the Nations website.
Bulgaria (total: 19)
- Dimitar Peshev
- Dimo Kazasov
- Metropolitan Stefan
- Metropolitan Cyril
United Kingdom (total: 14)
- Charles Coward
- Frank Foley
- Jane Haining (the only Scot on the list)
- Albert Bedane
- June Ravenhall
- Gregor Nickor
Armenia (total: 13)
- Jeretzian, Ara (1981)
- Kisheshyan, Arut & Zagoruiko Natalia; daughter Almaza (2003)
- Mkrtchyan, Vartan; mother Arakel (1999)
- Shakhbazyan, Knarik (1999)
- Tadschjian, Aram & Felicia (1992)
- Tashchyan, Grigori and Pran; children: Asmik and Tigran (2002)
Sweden (total: 10)
- Raoul Wallenberg - Secretary of the Swedish Legation in Budapest 1944-45 (Recognised in 1963)
- Valdemar & Nina Langlet - Swedish Red Cross delegates in Budapest, 1944-45 (Recognised in 1965)
- Per Anger - Secretary of the Swedish Legation in Budapest 1944-45 (Recognised in 1980)
- Lars Berg - Swedish Consul in Budapest 1944-45 (Recognised in 1982)
- Carl Ivan Danielsson - Swedish Ambassador in Budapest 1944-45 (Recognised in 1982)
- Erik Myrgren - Priest at the Swedish Church in Berlin in 1944-45 (Recognised in 1986)
- Elow Kihlgren - Swedish Honorary Consul in Genoa in 1944 (Recognised in 2001)
- Erik Perwe - Vicar of the Swedish Church in Berlin 1942-44 (Recognised in 2006)
Slovenia (total: 5)
- Ivan Breskvar
- Zora Piculin
- Andrej Tumpelj
- Uroš Žun
- Ivan and Ljubica Župančič
Spain (total: 4)
Turkey (total: 4)
Estonia (total: 3)
USA (total: 3)
- Varian Fry, Emergency Rescue Committee representative in France
- Martha Sharp
- Waitstill Sharp
Brazil (total: 2)
China (total: 2)
Portugal (total: 2)
- Aristides Sousa Mendes Portuguese consul-general (Bordeaux, France), issued 30,000 visas, including 12,000 to Jews, in order to allow countless people, to escape the Nazis. Sousa Mendes was admitted to Yad Vashem's Righteous Among the Nations list in 1966.
- Carlos de Sampayo Garrido Portuguese ambassador (Budapest, Hungary), sheltered about 1,000 Jews in safe-houses established by the Portuguese embassy and provided them with Portuguese documents that allowed them to safely leave the country. Sampayo Garrido was admitted to Yad Vashem's Righteous Among the Nations list in 1966; his chargé d'affaires, Teixeira Branquinho, is also celebrated in Budapest's synagogue, but he hasn't been included in Yad Vashem's list.
Chile (total: 1)
Japan (total: 1)
- Chiune Sugihara, Japanese Consul (Kovno, Lithuania), saved at least 10 000.
Luxembourg (total: 1)
- Victor Bodson, Minister of Justice
(Dominican Republic (total:1)
The late dictator Rafael Trujillo and the Dominican Republic are not on the List of the Righteous among the Nations though Trujillo’s Dominican Republic at the Evian Conference in 1938 was the only country to offer to take in Jewish refugees (100,000). The Dominican Republic admitted over eight-hundred Jewish refugees before Germany curbed the exodus. Two years prior to the Evian Conference Trujillo ordered the killing of over 30,000 Dominicans, most of Haitian descent. [12])
Total
- The total of the Righteous Among the Nations recognized by Yad Vashem, Jerusalem, at the end of 2010 is 23,788.
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.
See also
References
- ^ Polish Righteous Among the Nations of the World.
- ^ Yad Vashem, About the Righteous > Statistics Accessed 20 September 2011.
- ^ http://www1.yadvashem.org/righteous_new/statistics.html Yad Vashem actual statistic by country
- ^ "Righteous Among the Nations Recognized by Yad Vashem By 1 January 2010 - The Netherlands" (PDF). Yad Vashem. 2010-01-01. http://www1.yadvashem.org/yv/en/righteous/pdf/virtial_wall/netherlands.pdf. Retrieved 2010-12-12.
- ^ "Righteous Among the Nations Recognized by Yad Vashem as of 1 January 2010 - Italy" (PDF). Yad Vashem. 2010-01-01. http://www1.yadvashem.org/yv/en/righteous/pdf/virtial_wall/italy.pdf. Retrieved 2010-12-12.
- ^ "Don Michelone il Giusto" (in Italian). Il Monferrato. 1 May 2011. http://www.ilmonferrato.it/articolo.php?ARTUUID=2404A4E7-645D-4D22-9895-173F5BDB1F1D&MUUID=999C51CC-2032-4CAE-AF96-DC9BBBBE6DC0. Retrieved 7 May 2011.
- ^ http://www.zenit.org/article-33446?l=english
- ^ "Tatiana Zelenskaya"
- ^ "About the Righteous - Statistics". Yad Vashem. 2011-01-01. http://www1.yadvashem.org/yv/en/righteous/statistics.asp. Retrieved 2011-04-14.
- ^ "Righteous Among the Nations Recognized by Yad Vashem By 1 January 2010 - Albania" (PDF). Yad Vashem. 2010-01-01. http://www1.yadvashem.org/yv/en/righteous/pdf/virtial_wall/albania.pdf. Retrieved 2010-12-12.
- ^ "Yad Vashem honors Romanian gentile who saved Jews during WWII". The Associated Press. 2007-08-08. http://www.haaretz.com/news/yad-vashem-honors-romanian-gentile-who-saved-jews-during-wwii-1.227083. Retrieved 2008-03-21.
- ^ ^ Dominican Today (February 26, 2010). "Protest aborts Dominican tyrant's daughter's book debut."
External links
- Yad Vashem > The Righteous Among The Nations > Virtual Wall of Honor List of all Righteous sorted by Countries. Accessed 20 September 2011.
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