"Righteous Among the Nations": Statistical Breakdown by Country
(2023)
As of January 1, 2022, the Yad Vashem Holocaust Memorial Museum in Israel has recognized 28,217 Righteous Among the Nations.
These non-Jewish men and women are from 51 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 |
Country |
Number of |
|
|
Albania |
75 |
Italy |
766 |
|
|
Armenia |
24 |
Japan |
1 |
|
|
Austria |
115 |
Latvia |
138 |
|
|
Belarus |
680 |
Lithuania |
924 |
|
|
Belgium |
1,787 |
Luxembourg |
1 |
|
|
Bosnia |
49 |
Macedonia |
10 |
|
|
Brazil |
2 |
Moldova |
79 |
|
|
Bulgaria |
20 |
Montenegro |
1 |
|
|
Chile |
2 |
Netherlands |
5,982 |
|
|
China |
2 |
Norway |
68 |
|
|
Croatia |
130 |
Peru |
2 |
|
|
Cuba |
1 |
Poland |
7,232 |
|
|
Czech Republic |
125 |
Portugal |
3 |
|
|
Denmark |
22 |
Romania |
69 |
|
|
Ecuador |
1 |
Russia |
217 |
|
|
Egypt |
1 |
Serbia |
139 |
|
|
El Salvador |
1 |
Slovakia |
638 |
|
|
Estonia |
3 |
Slovenia |
16 |
|
|
France |
4,206 |
Spain |
9 |
|
|
Georgia |
1 |
Sweden |
10 |
|
|
Germany |
651 |
Switzerland |
49 |
|
|
Great Britain |
22 |
Turkey |
1 |
|
|
Greece |
364 |
Ukraine |
2,691 |
|
|
Hungary |
876 |
USA |
5 |
|
|
Indonesia |
3 |
Vietnam |
1 |
|
|
Ireland |
1 |
|
|
|
|
TOTAL: 28,217 |
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Source: Yad Vashem Holocaust Memorial Museum.
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