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“Righteous Among the Nations”:
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As of January 1, 2013, the Yad Vashem Holocaust Memorial Museum in Israel has recognized 24,811 "Righteous Among the Nations."
These mem and women, all non-Jewish, hailed from 47 different countries and combined to save thousands of Jews from the Nazi horrors.
These figures do not necessarily represent the actual number of rescuers, but reflect the cases made available to Yad Vashem.
| Country |
Number of Rescuers |
Country |
Number of Rescuers |
Albania |
69 |
Japan |
1 |
Armenia |
21 |
Latvia |
135 |
Austria |
92 |
Lithuania |
844 |
Belarus |
587 |
Luxembourg |
1 |
Belgium |
1,635 |
Macedonia |
10 |
Bosnia |
42 |
Moldova |
79 |
Brazil |
2 |
Montenegro |
1 |
Bulgaria |
20 |
Netherlands |
5,269 |
Chile |
1 |
Norway |
50 |
China |
2 |
Poland |
6,394 |
Croatia |
109 |
Portugal |
2 |
Cuba |
1 |
Romania |
60 |
Czech Republic |
109 |
Russia |
168 |
Denmark |
22 |
Serbia |
131 |
Ecuador |
1 |
Slovakia |
534 |
El Salvador |
1 |
Slovenia |
7 |
Estonia |
3 |
Spain |
6 |
France |
3,654 |
Sweden |
10 |
Georgia |
1 |
Switzerland |
45 |
Germany |
525 |
Turkey |
1 |
Great Britiain |
19 |
Ukraine |
2,441 |
Greece |
315 |
USA |
3 |
Hungary |
706 |
Vietnam |
1 |
Italy |
563 |
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TOTAL: 24,811 |
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Source: Yad Vashem Holocaust Memorial Museum
