Righteous gentiles

Schindler in Persian: Iranian heroes who painted the Holocaust with light - opinion

Abdol Hossein Sardari and Hajji Yaakov Hay remind us of the immense power of the individual in the face of darkness.

|ByDR. BENYAMIN YAKOVIAN
ABDOL HOSSEIN SARDARI
ERIN MOLAN, Australian broadcaster and ally of Israel.

Erin Molan: A role model and modern Righteous Gentile

Throughout all her media presence, speaking, and platforms, Erin Molan continues to challenge narratives, inspire action, and amplify a message of moral courage. 

|ByJONATHAN FELDSTEIN
THE WRITER’S family in Brussels prior to the Holocaust: Her mother Sonia (L) and aunt Hannie were Hidden Children saved by Madame Anciaux, a Righteous Among the Nations. Their father Saul Birnberg was murdered in Auschwitz; their mother Dora hid under an assumed identity.

Remembering the Holocaust also means standing up to hate - opinion

Yom HaShoah is a sacred day of mourning, memory, and resistance, but it is also a call to remain alert.

|ByLAURA KAM
Footage from the The Jewish Foundation for the Righteous event in Warsaw, Poland. January 28, 2025.

'Heroic people': JFR honors Righteous Gentiles at Warsaw event

In attendance at the event were also families of nine hostages held in Gaza captivity. 

|ByJERUSALEM POST STAFF

Justice Minister visits city where 'Japanese Schindler' saved thousands of Jews

The story of the Japanese city of Tsuruga, where thousands of Jews were rescued from certain death, has been under the radar for decades.

NOVEMBER 13, 2017ByJOY BERNARD
Justice Minister Ayelet Shaked visits Japanese city of Tsugura where thousands of Jews were saved during the Holocaust.

Relative of first Arab Righteous Gentile to receive honor in Berlin

Dr. Mohamad Helmy was recognized in 2013, but Yad Vashem was only able to track down his relatives this year.

OCTOBER 23, 2017ByTAMARA ZIEVE
Anna Boros Gutman and daughter Carla visiting Dr. Mohamad Helmy and wife Emmi in Berlin, 1961

Yad Vashem honors Chilean righteous among the nations

Chilean diplomat honored for issuing passports which prevented the deportation of over 1000 Jews during the Holocaust.

OCTOBER 22, 2017ByTAMARA ZIEVE
From left to right: Dr. Christian Beals Campos, Relative of Samuel del Campo; Sergio Della Pergola, Member of the Committee for the Designation of Righteous Among the Nations; and Irena Steinfeldt, Director of the Righteous Among the Nations Department at Yad Vashem.

Polish president seeks to dedicate day to righteous gentiles

Duda honors former members of Zegota, founded to save Jews in Holocaust.

OCTOBER 12, 2017ByTAMARA ZIEVE
POLAND’S PRESIDENT Andrzej Duda speaks at an event at the King David Hotel in Jerusalem

Yad Vashem marks 75 years since murders of Polish Jewish educators

Educators Janusz Korczak and Stefania Wilczyńska sacrificed their lives to care for the Warsaw ghetto orphans.

AUGUST 8, 2017ByTAMARA ZIEVE
Members of the Nadel family lay a wreath next to the monument commemorating Janusz Korczak

Jewish World: Saviors of Italy’s Jewish past

More than 300 Houses of Life have been discovered in Italy and another 200 in France, Belgium, Poland, Hungary, the Netherlands, Denmark and Greece.

JULY 8, 2017ByTAMARA ZIEVE
PROF. ALESSANDRA STADERINI (right), daughter of Fausto and Bice who sheltered their Jewish friends’ children Bianca Campagnano (left) and her brother in their home in Rome during the Nazi occupation of Italy. The two women look through family photos at LUMSA University in Rome on June 27

Wallenberg – an open letter to President Donald Trump

Raoul Wallenberg not only deserves the many honors he has received, but also something more: he deserves justice.

MAY 24, 2017ByMARIE DUPUY
Raoul Wallenberg

Poland’s complex battle for its image decades after the Holocaust

Poland is promoting the stories of the righteous who saved Jews in the Shoah, but critics of the ruling Law and Justice Party charge that it is politicizing memory and stifling a debate.

APRIL 22, 2017ByILAN EVYATAR
Jozef Jarosz inside the dugout where his family sheltered 14 Jews for almost two years during WWII

Prince Charles recalls grandmother’s rescue of Jews from Holocaust

Princess Alice was recognized as a Righteous Among the Nations for hiding a Jewish family during WWII and is buried in Jerusalem on the Mount of Olives.

APRIL 8, 2017ByJTA
PRINCE CHARLES and a Holocaust survivor light a candle at Central Hall Westminster, as his wife, Camilla, looks on.

Risking everything to defy the Nazis

The tale of Rev. Waitstill and Martha Sharp, who lied and deceived their way to saving more than 100 Czech Jews during the Holocaust.

FEBRUARY 7, 2017ByAARON LEIBEL
Rev. Waitstill and Martha Sharp and their family