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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.[1] By January 1, 2012 Yad Vashem recognized 24,356 Righteous Among the Nations from 47 countries.[2]

Contents
Righteous Among
the Nations
Notable individuals
By country

Country of origin [edit]

Poland (total: 6,339)[3] [edit]

Main article: Polish Righteous among the Nations

Netherlands (total: 5,204)[4] [edit]

France (total: 3,513) [edit]

Ukraine (total: 2,363) [edit]

Belgium (total: 1,612) [edit]

Lithuania (total: 831) [edit]

Main article: Lithuanian Righteous among the Nations

Hungary (total: 791) [edit]

Belarus (total: 569) [edit]

Slovakia (total: 525) [edit]

Italy (total: 524)[6] [edit]

Germany (total: 510) [edit]

Greece (total: 313) [edit]

Russia (total: 179) [edit]

Serbia (total: 131) [edit]

  • Right Reverend Svetozar Milenković, and wife, Vida Petrović–Milenković
  • Aleksander Petrović, brother of Vida Petrović
  • Dr. Dušan Jovanović
  • Andrija Latal
  • Petar Zankovic
  • Klara Baic
  • Slobodan and Milenija Knežević
  • Dragoljub Trajković
  • Borivoje and Grozdana Bondžić
  • Ljubica Mandušić-Gazikalović, and daughter Jelica Ranković
  • Dr. Đorđe Marinković [9]
  • Stanka Marinković,[10] spouse of Đorđe Marinković

Latvia (total: 132) [edit]

Czech Republic (total: 108) [edit]

Croatia (total: 107) [edit]

Main article: Croatian Righteous Among the Nations

Austria (total: 90)[11] [edit]

Albania (total: 69) [edit]

[12]

  • Balla, Destan & Lima (1992)
  • Bicaku, Mefail; son: Njazi (1996)
  • Borici, Shaqir & Qamile; daughter: Bahrije (1993)
  • Budo, Shyqyri & Xhemile (1992)
  • Ciftja Agostin & Gjysepina; daughters: Margarita, Cezarina, Gjovana (1992)
  • Frasheri, Hysref & Ermine; son: Mehmet (2000)
  • Hoti, Hasan; sister: Fife Gjylbegu; children: Cele & Vehbi (1994)
  • Hoxha, Nuro (1992)
  • Hoxha, Shaban & Siavet; son Hilmi (1991)
  • Kadiu, Besim & Aishe (1992)
  • Kasapi, Zyrha; son: Hamdi (1995)
  • Kilica, Mikel (1999)
  • Kocerri, Kasem Jakup (2000)
  • Kona, Vasil & Kristina (1993)
  • Lekatari, Mihal (1992)
  • Mece, Sulejman & Zenepe (1992)
  • Muasil, Dulaj (1992)
  • Myrto, Abdulla & Ije (1992)
  • Myrto, Shyqyri (1993)
  • Nosi, Vasil & Kelkira; brother: Stiliano; sister: Adelina Kosturi (1992)
  • Orgocka, Paskal & Lefkothea (1991)
  • Pilku, Njazi & Liza (1997)
  • Qoqja, Beqir (1992)
  • Rezniqi, Arslan (2008)
  • Ruli, Metin Aziz & Shpresa Ali (1992)
  • Sheko, Stavro & Nora (1993)
  • Sheqer Pashkaj Ali (2002)
  • Shkurti, Pietro & Magdalena (1992)
  • Shpuza, Esheref (1993)
  • Toptani, Atif & Ganimet (1992)
  • Veseli, Hamid; brother Xhemal (2004)
  • Veseli, Vesel & Fatima; son Refik (1987)
  • Xhyheri, Qamil & Hanume (1992)
  • Zyma, Bessim & Higmet (1999)

Romania (total: 60) [edit]

Norway (total: 47) [edit]

For a complete list, see Norwegian Righteous Among the Nations

Switzerland (total: 45) [edit]

Denmark (total: 22) [edit]

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 Yad Vashem website re Denmark.

Bulgaria (total: 20) [edit]

United Kingdom (total: 19) [edit]

See also: British Hero of the Holocaust

Armenia (total: 21) [edit]

  • 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) [edit]

  • 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: 6) [edit]

  • Ivan Breskvar
  • Zora Piculin
  • Andrej Tumpej
  • Uroš Žun
  • Ivan and Ljubica Župančič

Spain (total: 6) [edit]

Estonia (total: 3) [edit]

USA (total: 3) [edit]

Brazil (total: 2) [edit]

China (total: 2) [edit]

Portugal (total: 2) [edit]

  • 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) [edit]

Cuba (total: 1) [edit]

  • Ámparo (Otero) Pappo

Ecuador (total: 1) [edit]

El Salvador (total: 1) [edit]

Georgia (total: 1) [edit]

Japan (total: 1) [edit]

Luxembourg (total: 1) [edit]

Turkey (total: 1) [edit]

Vietnam (total: 1) [edit]

Dominican Republic (total: 1) [edit]

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 Évian 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 Évian Conference Trujillo ordered the killing of over 30,000 Dominicans, most of Haitian descent.[14]

Total [edit]

  • The total of the Righteous Among the Nations recognized by Yad Vashem, Jerusalem, as of January 1, 2012, is 24,356.

Bibliography [edit]

  • 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 [edit]

References [edit]

  1. ^ Polish Righteous Among the Nations of the World.
  2. ^ Yad Vashem, About the Righteous > Statistics Accessed 20 September 2011.
  3. ^ "Righteous Among the Nations Recognized by Yad Vashem as of 1 January 2012 - Poland" (PDF). Yad Vashem. 2012-01-01. Retrieved 2012-08-05. 
  4. ^ "Righteous Among the Nations Recognized by Yad Vashem as of 1 January 2012 - Netherlands" (PDF). Yad Vashem. 2012-01-01. Retrieved 2012-08-05. 
  5. ^ "Righteous Among the Nations Recognized by Yad Vashem By 1 January 2010 - The Netherlands" (PDF). Yad Vashem. 2010-01-01. Retrieved 2010-12-12. 
  6. ^ "Righteous Among the Nations Recognized by Yad Vashem as of 1 January 2012 - Italy" (PDF). Yad Vashem. 2012-01-01. Retrieved 2012-08-05. 
  7. ^ "Don Michelone il Giusto". Il Monferrato (in Italian). 1 May 2011. Retrieved 7 May 2011. 
  8. ^ Profile of Tatiana Zelenskaya
  9. ^ "The Righteous Among The Nations - Đorđe Marinković (Recognized and Honored by Yad Vashem on 01/01/1996)"
  10. ^ "The Righteous Among The Nations - Stanka Marinković (Recognized and Honored by Yad Vashem on 01/01/1996)"
  11. ^ "Righteous Among the Nations Recognized by Yad Vashem as of 1 January 2012 - Austria" (PDF). Yad Vashem. 2012-01-01. Retrieved 2012-08-05. 
  12. ^ "Righteous Among the Nations Recognized by Yad Vashem By 1 January 2010 - Albania" (PDF). Yad Vashem. 1 January 2010. Retrieved 2010-12-12. 
  13. ^ "Yad Vashem honors Romanian gentile who saved Jews during WWII". The Associated Press. 2007-08-08. Retrieved 2008-03-21. 
  14. ^ Dominican Today (February 26, 2010). "Protest aborts Dominican tyrant's daughter's book debut."

External links [edit]


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