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
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
Oskar Schindler
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Oskar Schindler was a German industrialist and humanitarian who is credited with saving the lives of 1,200 Jews during the Holocaust by employing them in his enamelware and ammunitions factories in Ge
Righteous Among the Nations
…Queen Elisabeth of Belgium but also to others like the philosopher Jacques Ellul, Salvadoran diplomat José Castellanos Contreras, German industrialist Oskar Schindler, Polish singer Mieczysław Fogg, Amsterdam department store employee Hendrika Gerritsen. and Italian Roman Catholic priest Father Rufino Niccacci. A…
Schindler, Oskar
Schindler's factory in Kraków, 2011
Hujowa Górka ("Prick Hill"), the execution place in Kraków-Płaszów concentration camp (2007)
Schindler's factory at the former site of Brünnlitz labor camp in 2004