Posts Tagged: Righteous Among Nations
Art Mural Pays Homage to ‘Righteous Among Nations’ Heroes in Greece
JNS.org - A new street mural in Greece honors two non-Jewish Greek citizens recognized by Yad Vashem as “Righteous Among the Nations” for saving Jews...
Wartime Dutch Couple Who Saved Jewish Boy From Nazis Honored by Yad Vashem Holocaust Memorial
An Australian school teacher on Thursday collected a "Righteous Among the Nations" award from Israel's national Holocaust memorial on behalf of her Dutch grandparents, who...
Why People Behave Righteously
What makes people good? So much has been written about what makes people commit terrible acts -- was it deprivation, childhood trauma, personality disorder? But...
Greek Rabbi to Be Honored for Saving Jews During Holocaust With Help of Righteous Christians
In the Jerusalem Hills, there stands the single largest memorial to the Holocaust in the world, known as Martyrs' Forest. The forest is comprised of...
Aging Rescuers of Holocaust Survivors Paid Debt of Gratitude
Thousands of non-Jews from across Europe and Eastern Europe saved Jewish lives from the horrors of the Holocaust, placing their lives and the lives of...
Doctor Becomes First Arab Gentile to Receive Yad Vashem Honor
JNS.org - The Yad Vashem Holocaust Museum has named Dr. Mohamed Helmy, an Egyptian physician who lived in Berlin during WWII, as "Righteous Among...
Brother of Infamous Nazi Hermann Goering Up for Prestigious Righteous of the Nations Award
Albert Goering, the brother of infamous Nazi Hermann Goering, is now among the candidates to receive the Righteous Among The Nations award. Albert was a...
Peres Awards 11 Belgian Familes With ‘Righteous Among the Nations’ Honor
Israeli President Shimon Peres began his visit to the European Union on Tuesday with a ceremony in which, together with Belgian Crown Prince ...
The World Learned the Wrong Lesson From the Holocaust
Yesterday was Yom Hashoah. Holocaust Remembrance day in Israel. It is the day Israelis and Jews the world over remind themselves, "Never again." For years,...
Instead of Truth about the Holocaust – Myths about Saving Jews
Neither I nor my wife Anita are specialist researchers of the Holocaust. We are simply witnesses saved by a miracle. Until the last days of...
Champion Cyclist to be Honored for Saving Lives of 800 Jews During Holocaust
In 1943, the fascist government of Italy assigned Gino Bartali - one of the worlds premier cyclists during World War II- to the country's traffic...
