Maria von Maltzan
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Maria Helene Françoise Izabel Gräfin von Maltzan, Freiin zu Wartenberg und Penzlin was an aristocrat who, as part of the German Resistance against Adolf Hitler and the Nazi party, saved the lives of m
Maria Gräfin von Maltzan's gravestone in Berlin
Maria von Maltzan
Righteous Among the Nations
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The Righteous Among the Nations is an honorific used by the State of Israel to describe all of the non-Jews who, out of altruism, risked their lives in order to save Jews from being exterminated by Na
Maria von Maltzan
…she published her autobiography titled Beat the Drums and Be Without Fright, which made her life and work known to a wider public. She was granted the Righteous among the Nations award from the Israeli Government one year later. She died in Berlin in 1997…
Memorial tree in Jerusalem, Israel honoring Irena Sendler, a Polish Roman Catholic nurse who saved 2,500 Jews
Obverse (left) and reverse (right) of the Righteous Medal
The Righteous Diploma of Maria Kotarba
A Righteous Among the Nations award ceremony in the Polish Senate, 2012