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	Righteous Among the Nations - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		If the Righteous Among the Nations is no longer alive, his or her next of kin are entitled to request that commemorative citizenship be conferred on the Righteous Among the Nations who has passed away.
		Righteous Among the Nations (Hebrew: חסידי אומותהעולם, Khasidei Umot HaOlam) is a term used to describe non-Jews who behaved heroically during the Holocaust in order to save Jews from the Nazis.
		Righteous gentiles or "Righteous Among the Nations" was a term originally used in Jewish tradition to deal with the concept of non-Jews who were good people.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Righteous_Among_the_Nations (854 words)

	Racism. No Way.: Fact Sheets: Righteous Among the Nations
		In 1962 Oskar Schindler was honoured by Yad Vashem as Righteous Among the Nations.
		Righteous Among the Nations or Righteous Gentile is the name given to those non-Jews who aided and saved Jews during the Holocaust.
		There were Righteous Among the Nations in every country under Nazi occupation and those who chose to do so displayed monumental bravery.
	www.racismnoway.com.au /classroom/factsheets/61.html (1660 words)

	righteous among the nations.holocaust.klup.info, History of the Holocaust
		The Garden of the Righteous Among the Nations, in which marble plaques have been engraved with the names of the rescuers according to country, was inaugurated in 1996.
		The Righteous program and the trees planted on the Avenue of the Righteous Among the Nations have received world coverage, and the concept of Righteous Among the Nations coined in the Yad Vashem Law has become a universal concept and an important symbol.
		Ceremonies in which the title of Righteous Among the Nations is granted are held in the Garden.
	righteous-among-the-nations.holocaust.klup.info (475 words)

	The Agenda
		He was already presented with the "Righteous Among the Nations" award in 1988 by Israel's ambassador to South Africa.
		Dutch attorney, Jaap Van Proosdij, 82, received the "Righteous Among the Nations" award at a ceremony held today, May 29, in Yad Vashem in Jerusalem, for his efforts in saving Jews during World War II.
		Dutch lawyer honored as "Righteous Among the Nations"
	www.jafi.org.il /agenda/2001/english/wk4-21/4.asp (356 words)

	Ured predsjednika RH - 2005
		Both those Righteous among the Nations from the past times and these from the recent times, albeit we have not identified the latter in our midst, let alone pay them tribute, deserve to be remembered.
		And it is good that there were such people because they proved, just as the Righteous among the Nations did more than half a century ago, that even in the most difficult moments, or in those very moments, there are those who are – to put it in the simplest possible terms – human beings.
		This is the third time that I attend the proclamation of the Croatian Righteous among the Nations.
	www.predsjednik.hr /?ru=180&gl=200501280000004&sid=&jezik=2 (924 words)

	Deeds earn place among the righteous - The Boston Globe
		Behind the smile, and the visit by Feigl, was this fall's announcement that the Sharps had been chosen Righteous Among the Nations by Yad Vashem, the Holocaust remembrance authority in Jerusalem.
		Calling the risks taken by the Sharps ''superhuman," Dr. Mordecai Paldiel, director of Yad Vashem's Righteous Among the Nations Department, wrote in an e-mail last week that the commission was particularly impressed by Martha Sharp's heroism.
		Among the voluminous FBI files on Martha that Joukowsky recently obtained is a J. Edgar Hoover memo promising to look into the story ''going around up there," as Hoover put it, that Sharp had ties to the Communist Party.
	www.boston.com /news/local/massachusetts/articles/2005/12/12/deeds_earn_place_among_the_righteous (1978 words)

	Center for Holocaust, Genocide & Peace Studies
		Two other Polish families were honored as "Righteous Among Nations." They, too, were being reunited with the generations they saved.
		Two generations of righteous Leszczynskis and Eckhardts were gathered around Kalina, hugging and touching her.
		The process of verifying and documenting these inspiring acts of heroism may very likely take many more years; it is an ongoing process, and the Remembrance Authority will pursue the program for as long as petitions for the Righteous title are received.
	www.unr.edu /chgps/cn/sp98/04.htm (1178 words)

	The Holocaust Chronicle PROLOGUE: Roots of the Holocaust, page 679
		The "Righteous Among the Nations" saved not only individual lives, but, as the Talmud says, "the entire universe." By their courage and compassion, they preserved humanity in the midst of evil.
		Since 1953 these "Righteous Among the Nations" have been honored at Yad Vashem in Israel, with a tree planted in honor of each as living testimony to their heroism.
		Through the dark nights of the Holocaust shone the luminous examples of the "Righteous Among the Nations," a title derived from the Talmud to describe those who risked their own lives to save the lives of others, sometimes complete strangers.
	www.holocaustchronicle.org /staticpages/679.html (641 words)

	About Israel: Yad Vashem
		The Avenue of the Righteous among the Nations.
		he Avenue of the Righteous among the Nations" is an avenue lined with Carob trees leading to the entrance of the main museum of the Holocaust.
		alking through "The Avenue of the Righteous among the Nations" we are made aware that in every nation there were people who were righteous so we cannot and we must not hate those nations.
	www.bikeabout.org /resource/israel-1.htm (720 words)

	Eric Tschuy, Confronting Evil: The Righteous Among the Nations and the Holocaust
		Next to the building is a garden dedicated to what are called "The Righteous Among the Nations, " the Gentiles who saved the lives of Jews during the Holocaust, at immense personal risk to their lives and livelihoods and those of their families and friends.
		Today, I would like us to honor the Righteous Among the Nations the way it is done at Yad Vashem.
		Among these were novelist Leon Feuchtwanger, a strong critic of Hitler, artists Marc Chagall and Marcel Duchamp, novelist Franz Werbel, relatives of novelist Thomas Mann, and Otto Meyerhoff, Nobel Prize laureate in physiology.
	www.eastrose.org /~eastrose/tschuy.htm (4438 words)

	Dignity of Difference
		The Righteous among the Nations in the Rabbinic Literature
		The second - established in the context of a closely related concept, that of the ger toshav, the "resident alien" or non-Jew who has citizenship rights in a Jewish state - was that the precondition of being among "the righteous of the nations" was fulfilment of the seven Noahide laws:
		However, since Scripture states, "who have forgotten G-d," it teaches that there are righteous among the nations, and they do have a portion in the world to come." [25] 33
	www.chiefrabbi.org /dd/nations.html (891 words)

	ICRC in WW II: Friedrich Born, "Righteous Among the Nations"
		ICRC in WW II: Friedrich Born, "Righteous Among the Nations"
		"There were no more than 7,000 in number on the whole, but today, being present at the ceremony of the unveiling of the monument for the 'Righteous among the Nations' who remained unknown, you surely understood that there must have been many others, whose names are not yet known and will apparently remain unknown forever.
		True, their number is small, compared with the millions who cooperated with the Nazis in the annihilation of our people, and with the tens of millions who remained indifferent and, keeping silent, played not a minor role in the carrying out of the Final Solution.
	www.icrc.org /Web/Eng/siteeng0.nsf/htmlall/57JNX3?OpenDocument&View=defaultBody&style=custo_print (550 words)

	Australian Memories Of The Holocaust
		Lead the class through the process of evaluating whether or not someone should be chosen as one of the "Righteous Among the Nations".
		See The Righteous Among the Nations for an explanation of Yad Yashem.
		Look up and define the terms: ethics, values, atheist, anti-semitism, collaborator, historical perspective, commemorate, "Righteous Among the Nations", Holocaust, historical perspective, SS, persecute, moral dilemma, criteria, rescuers, perpetrators, Yad Vashem, and heroism.
	www.holocaust.com.au /jn/teachers/l_righteous.htm (335 words)

	LATVIANS HONORED AS RIGHTEOUS AMONG NATIONS
		Their names are inscribed on the wall of honor in the Garden of the Righteous at Yad Vashem Museum in Jerusalem.
		"One of the most painful things is that there were criminals among the Latvians.
		Of course, there will always be criminals, but the crimes of the Holocaust period stand out as particularly horrible, because they were perpetuated in the name of an ideology, the main aim of which was to annihilate members of the human race whose identity was considered different," said Ben Dor.
	vip.latnet.lv /LPRA/rightheous.htm (987 words)

	Latvian named righteous gentile by Israel
		RIGA - Latvian national Nikolai Zarenov was posthumously awarded the title of "righteous among the nations" by the Israel-based Holocaust remembrance organization Yad Vashem on April 4 for risking his life and saving Jews in Latvia during World War II.
		To be awarded the title of "righteous among the nations" a survivor's testimony must be given.
		Since 1963 this particular honor has been given to "the righteous among the nations who risked their lives to save Jews," according to Yad Vashem's Web site.
	www.baltictimes.com /art.php?art_id=9786 (460 words)

	Yad Vashem - 2005
		The Righteous Among the Nations, in putting their lives at risk and in many cases those of their families, to save Jews for no altruistic motive whatsoever but simply because it was “the right thing to do”, demonstrated the highest standards of ethical and moral behavior.
		Yad Vashem- through the Commission for the Designation of Righteous Among the Nations - being legally empowered by the State of Israel, is the only body that gives official recognition to those who saved Jewish lives on behalf of the Jewish people.
		Miroslava Arditi was born in the Warsaw Ghetto on February 7, 1942 to Leah and Nathan Cheskelberg.
	www.christiansforbiblicalisrael.org /page1500.html (4120 words)

	MultiCultural Review
		Additional information about the Righteous Gentiles and forthcoming research and writing on the subject may be found at Righteous Among the Nations, Yad Vashem, POB 3477, Jerusalem, Israel 91034; phone: 972-2-6443521; fax: 972-2-6443443; e-mail: righteous.nations@yadvashem.org.il.
		The large number of Righteous Gentiles and the enormous literature in various languages will hopefully generate sometime in the future an encyclopedia or a comprehensive dictionary of this group to match existing encyclopedias of the Holocaust.
		Thirty-two biographical sketches of Righteous Gentiles from Austria, Belgium, Bulgaria, Czech Republic, Denmark, England, France, Germany, Hungary, Italy, Lithuania, Netherlands, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, Ukraine, and Yugoslavia.
	www.mcreview.com /December03/dec03-feature1.html (2205 words)

	Stepinac, Saving the Jews in Croatia during the WW2
		Among the Jews that Stepinac managed to save there were also 60 inmates of the Jewish Old People's Home in Zagreb, that the German authorities in Zagreb ordered in December 6, 1943 to leave within 10 days, otherwise they would be sent to a German concentration camp.
		There is a diversity of peoples and nations on the Earth.
		There are about hundred persons in Croatia who obtained "The Certificate of Honour" and "The Medal of the Righteous" from Yad Vashem in Jerusalem till now.
	www.croatianhistory.net /etf/jews.html (4179 words)

	UNC-TV ONLINE: Auschwits: The North Carolina Connection: Teacher's Resource Guide
		Tell the class that each of the people described in A, B, and C have been awarded the title “Righteous Among the Nations” and have had a tree planted in their memory on the Avenue of the Righteous.
		A person accorded this honor is given a specially minted medal bearing his or her name, a certificate of honor, and the privilege of having his or her name added to those on the “Righteous Among the Nations Wall of Honor” at Yad Vashem.
		Tell the class that each group will be nominating a person to receive the honor of being called a “Righteous Among the Nations.” If a copy of the film The Courage to Care or They Risked Their Lives is available, students might select a candidate from the people profiled in these films.
	www.unctv.org /auschwitz/bystanders_lesson08.html (1534 words)

	Beliefnet.com
		Technically, a person "righteous among the nations" or a "righteous Gentile" is someone who is not Jewish but upholds the seven Noachide commandments.
		But as Clyde said, Yad Vashem is a memorial for the Holocaust, and the part of it dedicated to the "Righteous Among the Nations" is specifically for those Gentiles who helped Jews in the Holocaust.
		I can understand this in the practical context of saving Jewish lives, but is there a specifically religious concept of "Righteous Among the Nations"?
	www.beliefnet.com /boards/message_list.asp?boardID=407&discussionID=409368 (336 words)

	Vilna Righteous Gentiles
		Irena Adamowicz (1910 - 1963), "Righteous Among the Nations" from Poland.
		2:Dr. Juzas Stakauskas, a Vilnius (Vilna) priest, "Righteous Among the Nations." Stakauskas was the director of the government archives in Vilnius, and concealed 12 Jews in a remote part of that building
		Irena Adamowicz, a member of the Polish Scouts movement (Harcerz Polski), was close to the "Ha - Shomer ha - Tsair" Zionist youth movement, participating in its educational and social activities.
	www.eilatgordinlevitan.com /vilna/vilna_pages/vilna_right.html (149 words)

	EJP News Western Europe Belgian righteousâs book
		Every year, Israel is granting the title ârighteous among the nationsâ to Belgians who saved Jews during the war.
		âThe Encyclopedia of the Righteous Among the Nations: Belgiumâ contains 610 rescue stories about 1,172 Belgians who were recognized Righteous among the Nations up to 1 January 2000.
		About 25,000 Jews of Belgian nationality or Jewish refugees from other countries, were deported by train to the Auschwitz concentration camp between 1942 and 1944.
	www.ejpress.org /article/news/western_europe/3381 (465 words)

	NCSJ - Russia's 'Righteous Among Nations' Honored
		The title of Righteous Among Nations is awarded by Yad Vashem, which was set up in 1953 to preserve the memory of the Holocaust.
		The bravery of Lukashenko and 18 others was honored Monday night when they were awarded the title "Righteous Among the Nations," given to those who risked their lives to save Jews from the Holocaust.
		It runs a vast museum complex in Jerusalem, and since 1963 has chosen 19,000 people who risked their lives to save Jews and whose names are now inscribed on the Avenue of the Righteous in Jerusalem.
	www.ncsj.org /AuxPages/043003MTimes.shtml (539 words)

	The Righteous among the Nations
		Since 1953 Yad Vashem, the Holocaust Martyrs' and Heroes' Remembrance Authority in Jerusalem, has been conferring the title "Righteous among the Nations" (Chasidei Umot Haolam) to those who lent assistance to persecuted Jews in the Nazi period.
		Among the Righteous are more than four hundred citizens of the Slovak Republic.
		Those honoured receive a commemorative medal and the Yad Vashem Certificate of Honour; their names are entered at the institution and engraved on the Wall of Honour in Yad Vashem's Garden of the Righteous.
	www.telecom.gov.sk /externe/znamky/2001/01245e.html (147 words)

	Arutz Sheva - Israel National News
		A ceremony posthumously honoring seven Righteous Among the Nations from Ukraine and Belarus was held at Yad Vashem's Education Center in the Valley of Communities yesterday.
		Controversy is enveloping Yad Vashem and its Righteous Among the Nations program from another angle, however.
		Yad Vashem spokesperson Iris Rosenberg responded that the decision not to grant Bonhoeffer this standing was made unanimously by the 20-member Righteous Gentiles Board, which comprises jurists, historians, Holocaust survivors and public figures, and which is headed by former Supreme Court Justice Yaakov Maltz.
	www.israelnationalnews.com /news.php3?id=65757 (628 words)

	Amazon.com: Saving the Jews: Books: Mordecai Paldiel
		Paldiel, director of the Righteous Among the Nations program at Yad Vashem, was rescued (along with his family) by a French priest during the Holocaust; the priest helped them escape from France into Switzerland.
		CAPs: Yad Vashem, United States, Nazi Germany, Righteous Among the Nations, Arrow Cross (more)
		Among the other men and women documented are a Lithuanian carpenter who hid 12 Jews (and was assassinated by a fellow Lithuanian in 1952), and a Turkish consul general in Rhodes who saved 50 Jews by declaring them to be Turks.
	www.amazon.com /exec/obidos/tg/detail/-/1887563555?v=glance (1037 words)

	EJP News Eastern Europe Austriaâs Righteous Gentiles honoured
		The president added that the Righteous Among the Nations were the polar opposite, or an âantithesisâ, to the murderous Nazi machinery.
		Two Austrian citizens have been honoured with the title âRighteous Among the Nationsâ for their role in saving Jewish lives during the Holocaust.
		The organisation, which primarily serves the memory of the Jewish victims of the Holocaust, also honours non-Jews who risked their lives to save Jews, by designating them as âRighteous Among the Nationsâ.
	www.ejpress.org /article/4579 (419 words)

	News Releases - SWC New Design Test
		Among them was Nicholas Winton (in absentia), a Righteous Among the Nations who saved 669 Czechoslovakian children from certain death at the hands of the Nazis.
		The Righteous Among the Nations Europeans who saved Jews during the Nazi Era during World War II were honored.
		It is an NGO at international agencies including the United Nations, UNESCO, and the Council of Europe.
	www.wiesenthal.com /site/apps/nl/content2.asp?c=bhKRI6PDInE&b=296323&ct=350861 (225 words)

	The "Righteous among the Nations" of Swiss Nationality. Switzerland Task Force.
		The "Righteous among the Nations" of Swiss Nationality.
		As the first Swiss national who was elevated to the rank of Righteous among the Nations in 1964, he — aided by his wife and his helpers — saved about 62,000 Hungarian Jews after the German occupation of March 1944.
		The "Righteous among the Nations" of Swiss nationality
	www.ess.uwe.ac.uk /genocide/Switzerland8.htm (4596 words)

	tribute2.asp
		It turned out he was applying for the status of "Righteous Among the Nations," the highest honor bestowed on a Gentile by the State of Israel.
		A second group of 19 Righteous went in August of the same year, men and women in their 70s and 80s, who have been cited for their role in rescuing and hiding Jews during the Holocaust, but who were too humble or could not afford to travel to Israel to be honored.
		This enabled 27 other Righteous Gentiles who live in the United States and Canada to go to Israel for a week in April 1991 to be honored at Yad Vashem.
	www.adl.org /hidden/v6/tribute2.asp (558 words)

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