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  1. 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.

  2. 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

  3. 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.

  4. 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.

  5. 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)

  6. 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.

  7. 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.

  8. 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.

  9. 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.

  10. 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.

  11. 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.

  12. 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).

  13. Kubovy Aryeh Leon

    • Kubovy, Aryeh L., 1896-1966
    • Kubowitzki, Aryeh Leon, 1896-1966
    • Kubovy, Arieh Leon, 1896-1966
    • Ḳubovi, Aryeh L., 1896-1966
    • קובובי, אריה ל.
    • ...

    02/11/1986

    16/05/1966

    Israeli diplomat and writer. Director of World Jewish Congres (1940-). The second Chairman of Yad Vashem.

  14. Yad Vashem - The World Holocaust Remembrance Center

    • יד ושם – רשות הזיכרון לשואה ולגבורה
    • Yad ṿa-shem, rashut ha-zikaron la-Shoʼah ṿela-gevurah

    From 1953 to the present

    In 1953, the Israeli Knesset enacted the Yad Vashem Law, which determined that among its other missions, the task of Yad Vashem is “to collect, examine and publish testimony of the disaster and the heroism it called forth…” Indeed, efforts to document the Holocaust had begun long before the passage of the law. From the Nazi rise to power in Germany, and throughout World War II, there were those who documented the events as they were taking place, often under the harshest conditions. Immediately after the war, centers for documentation and the collection of testimonies were established in ma...

  15. Yad Vashem archives

    • ארכיון יד ושם
    • YV archives

    From 1953 to the present

    The Yad Vashem Archives holds various types of materials related to the Holocaust period, materials related to the life of the Jews in Europe between WWI and WWII and materials related to the life of the survivors after the Holocaust. Among these materials, the Yad Vashem Archives holds individual documents such as letters, diaries, photos, films, testimonies and personal documents which had been donated to the Archives by individuals. Many of these documents are original. Other types of documents available in the archives are those which were created by Jewish organizations before, during ...

  16. Filderman Wilhelm

    • Filderman, Wilhelm
    • Filderman, Wilhelm, 1882-1963
    • Filderman, W., 1882-1963
    • Filderman, W. (Wilhelm), 1882-1963
    • Filderman, Ṿilhelm 1882-1963
    • ...

    1882

    1863

    Jewish lawyer.

  17. Miklos Kallay

    Prime minister of Hungary during the Shoah - March 9, 1942 - March 19, 1944

  18. Richard Tuerk

    Head of the Department for Jewish Affairs in the office of the governor of the Lublin district

  19. Beitar - Brit Trumpeldor

    • בית"ר - ברית יוסף טרומפלדור

    Youth Movement Connected to the Revisionist Party

  20. Menahem Papo

    • צמחים פאפו
    • Menahem Leon Papo
    • צמחים לאון פאפו

    Born in September 1924. Arrested on 09/05/1943 while on a mission. Hanged in a Sofia prison on 02/11/1943. Betar member until 1941. In light of the rise of Fascism, members left the organization and joined the ranks of Bulgarian underground organizations.