Statistical Breakdown by Country
As of July 25, 2016, the Yad Vashem Holocaust Memorial Museum in Israel has recognized 26,120 "Righteous Among the Nations." These non-Jewish men and women hailed from 47 different countries and cooperated to save thousands of Jews from the Nazi horrors.
These figures are the cases made available to Yad Vashem and do not necessarily represent the actual number of rescuers, which is likely greater.
Country |
Number of
Rescuers
|
Country |
Number of
Rescuers
|
Albania |
75 |
Japan |
1 |
Armenia |
24 |
Latvia |
135 |
Austria |
107 |
Lithuania |
889 |
Belarus |
618 |
Luxembourg |
1 |
Belgium |
1,707 |
Macedonia |
10 |
Bosnia |
42 |
Moldova |
79 |
Brazil |
2 |
Montenegro |
1 |
Bulgaria |
20 |
Netherlands |
5,516 |
Chile |
1 |
Norway |
62 |
China |
2 |
Peru |
1 |
Croatia |
115 |
Poland |
6,620 |
Cuba |
1 |
Portugal |
3 |
Czech Republic |
115 |
Romania |
60 |
Denmark |
22 |
Russia |
197 |
Ecuador |
1 |
Serbia |
135 |
El Salvador |
1 |
Slovakia |
558 |
Estonia |
3 |
Slovenia |
7 |
France |
3,925 |
Spain |
7 |
Georgia |
1 |
Sweden |
10 |
Germany |
587 |
Switzerland |
47 |
Great Britiain
|
21 |
Turkey |
1 |
Greece |
328 |
Ukraine |
2,544 |
Hungary |
837 |
USA |
5 |
Indonesia |
2 |
Vietnam |
1 |
Ireland |
1 |
|
Italy |
671 |
|
TOTAL: 26,120 |
Sources: Yad Vashem Holocaust Memorial Museum
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