Righteous Among the Nations

‘A Call to Courage’: Czech parliament to pay historic tribute to 129 ‘Righteous Among the Nations’

CAM Executive Director of European Affairs Shannon Seban, “By paying tribute to them in the Czech Parliament, we not only preserve their legacy, but also encourage the ‘Righteous’ of our own time"

Israeli soldiers stand guard during a ceremony marking Holocaust Remembrance Day at Yad Vashem in Jerusalem, April 14, 2026
Ellen Monique Tjittes, a 56-year-old Dutch Christian whose grandfather and great-grandparents were recognized as Righteous Among the Nations.

Dutch descendant of Righteous Among the Nations fights for Israeli residency

ISRAEL'S FOREIGN Ministry hosts a Holocaust Memorial Day ceremony for foreign diplomats, April 13, 2026.

Foreign Ministry holds Holocaust Remembrance Day ceremony for Righteous Among the Nations

THE WALL of Righteous Gentiles at Yad Vashem.

Honoring courage in the face of evil and indifference - opinion


Jerusalem names plaza after Portuguese diplomat who saved thousands during Holocaust

“This small corner of Jerusalem, the eternal city, now carries the name of a hero,” says Jerusalem Mayor Moshe Lion.

Portuguese diplomat Aristides de Sousa Mendes.

Jerusalem Mayor Moshe Lion inaugurates Aristides de Souza Mendes square

Mendes issued roughly 30,000 visas and passports to refugees who fled Nazi Germany – including 10,000 visas to Jews fleeing their certain death in Europe.

   Jerusalem: Mayor Moshe Leon inaugurates a square named after the Righteous Among the Nations Aristides de Souza Mendes

German supermarket chain promotes Holocaust memoir as 'relaxing holiday read'

The UK website for German supermarket chain Aldi called Holocaust book 'Schindler's Ark' "a gripping story that will have you hooked as your body soaks in those sun rays."

 Supermarket chain Aldi faced backlash after their website posted a listing for Holocaust book 'Schindler's Ark,' describing it as a "relaxing holiday read."

How my family found refuge in 2 villages in the Holocaust

After the fall of France, the family kept on its Jewish children, taking in desperate newcomers after September 1943, when the Germans occupied the Grenoble area.

 An archival photograph of the Preventorium in Prélenfrey in southern France, where Jewish children were hidden during the Holocaust.

These doctors invented a fake disease to save Jews and keep Nazis away

The film “Syndrome K” tells how three doctors in Rome saved a group of Jews from the Nazis in 1943 and 1944 by inventing a fake infectious disease called Syndrome K.

The outside of Fatebenefratelli Hospital in Rome, where doctors shielded Jews by making up a fake disease during World War II.

Yad Vashem: The Holocaust and the Righteous Gentile

These three people are only a few drops in the ocean, but their humanitarian action served to help purify the poison in the Nazi sea.

 An aerial view of Yad Vashem

Jozef Walaszczyk, rescuer of Jews in Holocaust, dies at 102

Jozef Walaszczyk fell in love with a Jewish woman and became compelled to rescue her and dozens of other Jews from the Holocaust.

 Jozef Walaszczyk, a 100-year-old who saved more than 50 Jews during the Holocaust, tells his story at a restaurant in Warsaw, Jan. 28, 2020.

Andrée Geulen, Belgian woman who rescued Jewish children, dies at 100

Andrée Geulen was recognized by Yad Vashem as a Righteous Among the Nations in 1989.

 Andrée Geulen-Herscovici, a Belgian woman who rescued some 300 Jewish children from the Nazis during the Holocaust, is embraced by Henri Lederhandler, one of the children she rescued, in front of the exhibit on her efforts in the museum of the Yad Vashem Holocaust Memorial in Jerusalem, April 18, 2

This NGO is making sure Kyiv’s Righteous Among The Nations don’t go hungry

Of the 2,673 Ukrainian Righteous Among The Nations honored by Yad Vashem for their role in saving the lives of Jews during the Holocaust, only 17 are still living, all in their late 80s and 90s.

 Righteous Among the Nations in Kyiv.

17 Righteous Among The Nations live in Ukraine - will Israel rescue them?

Of the 2,673 Righteous Among The Nations only 17 are still living, all now in their late 80’s and 90’s, spread all across Ukraine. 

 Visiting the last living Righteous 3 months ago in Kiev,  pictured Mrs, Nina Bogorad, 97 years old, and Mr. Nazarenko, 92