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“Righteous Among the Nations” by country
The following is a list
of people honored by Yad
Vashem Holocaust Memorial Museum in
Jerusalem, Israel as of January 1, 2008.
Yad Vashem admits that the list is not
conclusive. Many rescuers have not been
honored because the Jews they were trying
to rescue died even with their efforts.
| Country |
Number of Persons
Honored |
Remarks |
| Poland |
6,066 |
In German-occupied Poland, all household members were punished by death if a hidden Jew was found in their house. This was the most severe legislation in occupied Europe. |
| Netherlands |
4,863 |
Includes two persons originally from Indonesia, but residing in the Netherlands. In the Netherlands, people hiding Jews would usually be punished by either being sent to concentration camps themselves or even by being shot (usually after a “trial”). Several hundreds of communist resistance workers never received recognition for saving Jews, because they acted as intermediates in bringing Jews, especially children, to hiding places and their names remained unknown (many of them died in concentration camps). |
| France |
2,833 |
In January, 2007, French President Jacques Chirac and other dignitaries honored France’s Righteous Among the Nations in a ceremony at the Panthéon, Paris. The Legion of Honor was awarded to 160 French Righteous Among the Nations for their efforts saving French Jews during World War II. |
| Ukraine |
2,213 |
No comment. |
| Belgium |
1,476 |
No comment. |
| Hungary |
703 |
No comment. |
| Lithuania |
723 |
No comment. |
| Belarus |
587 |
No comment. |
| Slovakia |
478 |
No comment. |
| Germany |
455 |
This includes Oskar Schindler, perhaps the most famous of the Righteous Among the Nations. |
| Italy |
442 |
This includes Pope John XXIII. |
| Greece |
279 |
No comment. |
| Yugoslavia
(Serbia) |
127 |
All countries. |
| Czech Republic |
118 |
No comment. |
| Croatia |
106 |
No comment. |
| Latvia |
111 |
No comment. |
| Austria |
85 |
No comment. |
| Russia |
124 |
Includes Belarus. |
| Moldova |
73 |
No comment. |
| Albania |
63 |
No comment. |
| Romania |
54 |
No comment. |
| Switzerland |
44 |
No comment. |
| Bosnia |
35 |
Bosnia only; the source does not count Herzegovina. |
| Norway |
42 |
Norway has asked that
names of rescuers not be divulged. |
| Denmark |
22 |
The Danish Underground requested that all its members who participated in the rescue of the Jewish community not be listed individually, but commemorated as one group. |
| Bulgaria |
18 |
No comment. |
| Great Britain |
14 |
Inclues
Scotland. |
| Sweden |
9 |
Including Raoul Wallenberg credited by Yad Vashem with saving 15,000 Jews. |
| Macedonia |
10 |
No comment. |
| Armenia |
10 |
No comment. |
| Slovenia |
6 |
No Comment. |
| Spain |
4 |
No comment. |
| Estonia |
3 |
No comment. |
| China |
2 |
No comment. |
| Brazil |
2 |
No comment. |
| United
States |
3 |
No comment. |
| Luxembourg |
1 |
No comment. |
| Montenegro |
1 |
No comment. |
| Portugal |
1 |
No comment. |
| Georgia |
1 |
No comment. |
| Chile |
1 |
No comment. |
| Japan |
1 |
No comment. |
| Vietnam |
1 |
No comment. |
| Turkey |
1 |
No comment. |
| Total
Number of Persons Honored as of January
1, 2008 |
22, 211 |
These figures are based
solely on material made available to Yad Vashem and are in no
way to be construed as reflecting the actual number of Jews saved
in each country. |
Sources: Five
Million Forgotten and Yad
Vashem; some notes taken from Wikipedia |
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