Righteous Among the Nations Collection.
Extent and Medium
24,811 rescuers; among them were 1,665 Belgian rescuers.
Scope and Content
The files concern rescuers recognized as Righteous Among the Nations and honoured by Yad Vashem. It is only an indication of the actual number of rescuers, since it is based on the cases brought to the attention of Yad Vashem. Most Righteous were recognised thanks to the requests made by rescued Jews. By January 1st 2014, there were 1665 files of Belgian rescuers. There is a file for every rescue case, containing the documents gathered through the process of recognition. One will find correspondence, notes, sometimes photographs, and material related to the recognition ceremonies.
Finding Aids
One can search by family, first name and place of rescue of the rescuer or by rescued person in the Database of Righteous Among the Nations http://db.yadvashem.org/righteous/search.html?language=en. Periodically updated lists of Righteous, ordered by country, are also available online via the Yad Vashem website.
Process Info
The EHRI project, in cooperation with the National Archives of Belgium, selected Holocaust-relevant archival descriptions from the finding aid G. DESMET & P. FALEK-ALHADEFF, P.-A. TALLIER (dir.), Bronnen voor de geschiedenis van de Joden en het Jodendom in België (19de-20ste eeuw) - Sources pour l'histoire des populations juives et du judaïsme en Belgique (19e-20e siècles), Brussel, Algemeen Rijksarchief, 2015. Please note that this guide focuses on Belgium-related archival materials in the respective descriptions.
Pascale Falek
This archival description was created in the framework of the cooperation between EHRI and the Yerusha project.
Subjects
- hidden children
- Righteous Among the Nations
- Shoah survivors