Righteous Among the Nations
US soldier who protected Jews in POW camp during WWII to be awarded Medal of Honor
The Medal of Honor ceremony is scheduled for March 2, 2026.
If there is a Jewish Nobel for saving Jews, Ahmed al-Ahmed just won it - comment
'Escalate for Palestine:' Belgian Holocaust memorial defaced
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Did Hans Calmeyer send a Jewish woman to Auschwitz?
In 1992, Yad Vashem posthumously recognized Calmeyer, who died in 1972, as a Righteous Among the Nations, Israel’s title for non-Jews who risked their lives to save Jews.
New info revealed on Ukrainian priest who saved Jews in Holocaust
Andrey Sheptytsky, led Ukraine’s Greek Catholic Church at the time. The new information about Sheptytsky offers his supporters a new chance to have his historical record honored.
Last German recognized as righteous gentile for Holocaust heroism dies
Gertrud Steinl, who was recognized by Yad Vashem in 1979 as a Righteous Among the Nations, died a day before her 98th birthday.
Belgian leader celebrates Holocaust rescuer’s 100th birthday
Jambon visited the home of Maria Nowak, a Polish woman who risked her life to save Jews during the Holocaust, to celebrate her 100th birthday.
Holocaust survivors reunite with rescuer at Yad Vashem
The heroic actions of the Gianopoulou and Axiopoulos families saved most of the immediate Mordechai family members during the war
Reuven Rivlin: Historians, not politicians, should deal with history
President welcomes a delegation of Polish Righteous Among the Nations.
Polish Righteous Among the Nations honored in Warsaw
Some 30 rescuers attended a special event organized by the Jewish Foundation for the Righteous
Dutch heroine who saved dozens of Jews in World War II dies at 99
Diet Eman buried weapons in her parents’ garden, translated BBC reports and provided money, ration cards and false documents to Jews on the run.
Polish woman who saved adoptive Jewish family from Holocaust dies at 102
Krystyna Danko was one of the oldest and most celebrated non-Jews recognized by Israel for saving Jews from the Holocaust.
Google Doodle honors Chiune Sugihara who saved Jews during Holocaust
Chiune Sugihara illegally signed visas for Jews to escape Lithuania to reach a safe haven. In 1984 he was named as a "Righteous Among the Nations" title by the Yad Vashem Holocaust Museum.
