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  1. Samuel Vivette

    • Samuel, Vivette, 1919-....
    • Hermann, Vivette.
    • Samuel, Vivette 1919-2006
    • Hermann, Vivette 1919-2006

    21/05/1919

    16/07/2006

    Member of l'OEuvre de secours aux enfants

  2. Peshev Dimitar

    • Pešev, Dimit''r 1894-1973
    • Peshev, Dimitar, 1894-1973
    • Пешев, Димитър 1894-1973
    • Pešev, Dimitǎr, 1894-1973
    • Peshev, Dimitur, 1894-1973
    • ...

    25/06/1894

    20/02/1973

    Deputy Speaker of the National Assembly of Bulgaria and Minister of Justice during World War II. Prevented deportations of Jews from Bulgaria

  3. Mantello George

    • Mantello, George
    • Mantello, George, 1901-1992
    • Mantello, George, -1992
    • Mandl, George, 1901-1992

    1901

    1992

    Honorary First Secretary for El Salvador in Geneva, 1942-45

  4. Musy Jean Marie

    • Musy, Jean-Marie, 1876-1952
    • Musy, Jean, 1876-1952
    • Musy, Jean-Marie
    • Musy, Jean Marie 1876-1952

    10/04/1876

    19/04/1952

    Member of the Federal Council of Switzerland (1919/1934). Negotiated the release of 1210 prisoners from Theresienstadt.

  5. Lowrie Donald A.

    • Lowrie, Donald A. (Donald Alexander), 1889-1974
    • Lowrie, Donald Alexander.
    • Lowrie, Donald Alexander, 1889-1974
    • Lowrie, Donald A.
    • Lowrie, Donald A. 1889-1974

    1889

    1974

    YMCA emissary in France and a delegate of the America Friends of Czechoslovakia. Initiator of the Comite de Nimes (Roof organisation of Jewish and non-Jewish relief organisations founded in Nimes, France)

  6. Perlasca Giorgio

    • Perlasca, Giorgio, 1910-1992
    • Perlasca, Giorgio
    • Perlasca, Jorge, 1910-1992

    1910

    Businessman. Saved 5200 Jews pretending to be a Spanish consul to Budapest.

  7. Fleischmann Gisi

    • Fleischmannová, Gizi, 1892-1944
    • Fleischmannová, Gisela, 1892-1944
    • Fleischmann, Gisi, 1892-1944
    • Fleischmann, Gisi
    • פלישמן, גישי
    • ...

    21/01/1892

    1944

    President of the Slovak WIZO, and representative of the Joint in Slovakia. Gisi Fleischmann was one of the few female Jewish leaders in Europe during World War II. She helped Jews in Slovakia to find refuge in other countries before the war and in the midst of the war. As a member of the Bratislava underground Working Group, she was involved with the Europa Plan and the Children’s Rescue Plan, which attempted to save Jews through bribery and negotiations with the Nazis. Fleischmann was arrested by the SS in 1944 and deported to Auschwitz. She was murdered on arrival in Auschwitz in October ...

  8. Riegner Gerhard

    12/09/1911

    03/12/2001

    Head of Genfer Geschäftsstelle des WJC (1939-48). Passed information on the murder on European Jews to the British and American governments

  9. Wahrhaftig Zorah

    02/02/1906

    26/09/2002

    Israeli lawyer, politician and a Holocaust survivor, saved due to Chiune Sugihara’s intervention. He was a signatory of Israel's Declaration of Independence.

  10. Lubetkin Zivia

    • Lubetkin, Cywia
    • Lubetkin, Zivia
    • Lubetkin-Zuckerman, Zivia.
    • Tsuḳerman, Tsivyah Lubeṭḳin-
    • Lubeṭḳin-Tsuḳerman, Tsivyah
    • ...

    09/11/1914

    11/07/1978

    Founder of Jewish Fighting Organisation in occupied Poland (ZOB). Fighter in the Warsaw Ghetto Uprising

  11. Brand Joël

    • Brand, Joe͏̈l, 1907-1964
    • Brand, Joël 1906-1964
    • ברנד, יואל, 1906-1964
    • ברנד, יואל, ־1906
    • בראנד, יואל, 1906־
    • ...

    1907

    13/07/1964

    Member of the Relief and Rescue Committee of Budapest; organised rescue and relief for refugees from Germany, Austria, Czechoslovakia and Poland and smuggled Jews into Hungary in 1943. After the German invasion of Hungary in 1944, Brand was approached by Eichmann for "Blood for Goods" deal to negotiate between Jewish leaders and Nazis regarding the sparing of 1 million Jews for 10 000 trucks and other goods. In 1961 Brand testified at Adolf Eichmann’s trial in Jerusalem.

  12. Bernadotte Folke

    02/01/1895

    17/09/1948

    Swedish official. Worked with the Red Cross in arranging POW exchanges. Vice president of the Swedish Red Cross. Saved thousands of POWs and concentration camp inmates. "During the last months of the war he was approached by Kaltenbrunner and Schellenberg on Himmler's behalf to feel out the Western allies on making some deal to mollify their unconditional surrender policy. Assassinated in Jerusalem by the Stern Gang.

  13. Lutz Carl

    • Lutz, Carl
    • Lutz, Carl, 1895-1975
    • Lutz, Carl Robert 1895-1975
    • Lutz, Charles 1895-1975
    • Lutz, Carl 1895-1975

    30/03/1985

    1975

    Diplomat credited with saving over 65 000 Jews. Righteous Among the Nations (1965)

  14. Sugihara Sempo

    • 杉原, 千畝, 1900-1986
    • スギハラ, チウネ, 1900-1986
    • Sugihara, Chiune, 1900-1986
    • Sugihara, Chiune.
    • 杉原千畝, 1900-1986.
    • ...

    01/01/1900

    31/07/1986

    Consul general in Kovno, Lithuania. Assisted Jewish refugees in 1940. Righteous among the nations from 1984.

  15. Szenes Hannah

    • Senesh, Hannah, 1921-1944
    • Senesh, Channa, 1921-1944
    • Szenes, Hannah, 1921-1944
    • סנש, חנה, 1921-1944
    • Szenes, Anna, 1921-1944
    • ...

    17/07/1921

    07/11/1944

    Jewish paraschutist and poet, emigrated to Palestine to study. In 1944 parachuted into Nazi-occupied Yugoslavia to offer aid to European Jewry. Captured in Hungary within hours after crossing the border, imprisoned , tortured and executed bu Hungarian authorities.

  16. Karski Jan

    • Karski, Jan, 1914-2000
    • Kozielewski-Karski, Jan, 1914-2000
    • Witold 1914-2000 Pseudonym
    • Kozielewski, Jan 1914-2000 Wirklicher Name
    • コジェレフスキ, ヤン
    • ...

    24/06/1914

    13/07/2000

    Resistance fighter. Member of the Polish underground, courier to the Polish Government-in-exile, slipped twice into the Warsaw ghetto in 1942 and subsequently made his way to London and the US to report on the deplorable conditions he witnessed. Righteous gentile.

  17. Sendler Irena

    • Sendlerowa, Irena, 1910-2008
    • Sendler, Irena, 1910-2008
    • Krzyżanowska, Irena 1910-2008
    • Krzyżanowska, Irena Stanisława, 1910-2008
    • Sendlerowa, Irena
    • ...

    15/02/1910

    12/05/2008

    Social worker and an active member in the Polish underground organisation Żegota (Council for Aid to Jews). Smuggled 2,500 Jewish children out of the Warsaw ghetto providing them with false identity and housing outside the Ghetto. 1965 Righteous Among the Nations.

  18. Żydowska Organizacja Bojowa

    • Jewish Fighting Organization
    • JFO

    Founded in 1942-07-28

    Żydowska Organizacja Bojowa was set up in 1942. A more broad-based Żydowska Organizacja Bojowa was set up on 1942-10-15. The political leadership of ŻOB was the Żydowski Komitet Narodowy (Jewish National Committee), and the organization had about 500 members. Its units fought in the uprising in the Warsaw Ghetto under the command of Mordechaj Anielewicz.

  19. Blum Leon

    • Blum, Léon, 1872-1950
    • Blum, Leʾon, 1872-1950
    • בלום, ליאון, 1872־1950
    • בלום, ליאון
    • בלום, לאיון
    • ...

    09/04/1872

    30/03/1950

    French statesman. First Jew and first Socialist to be premier of France (05.06.1936-19.06.1937 and 13.03.-10.04.1938), opposed granting absolute powers to Petain. Arrested on Petain's orders. Riom Trials (1942). Turned over to the Germans in March 1943. Liberated with the Niederdorf group.

  20. Vallat Xavier

    • Vallat, Xavier, 1891-1972
    • Vallat, Xavier Joseph, 1891-1972
    • Vallat, Xavier
    • Gustou dau Sardié 1891-1972
    • Vallat, Xavier 1891-1972

    1891

    1971

    Parliament member. Responsible for Jewish questions 29.3.1941-19.3.1942 as a head of CGQJ (General Office for Jewish Questions).