Righteous Among the Nations

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Holocaust commemoration Israeli state decoration award honorific title title of honor

Righteous Among the Nations is an honorific title given to non-Jews who risked their lives to save Jews during the Holocaust.

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All labels observed (8)

Label Occurrences
Righteous Among the Nations canonical 30
Righteous Among the Nations title 2
Garden of the Righteous Among the Nations 1

Statements (48)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Holocaust commemoration ⓘ
Israeli state decoration ⓘ
award ⓘ
honorific title ⓘ
title of honor ⓘ
administeredBy Yad Vashem Commission for the Designation of the Righteous ⓘ
appliesTo non-Jews ⓘ
associatedWith Holocaust remembrance ⓘ
Jewish history ⓘ
civil courage ⓘ
humanitarianism ⓘ
commemoratedAt YadVashem ⓘ
surface form: Yad Vashem Holocaust Remembrance Center
conferredBy Israel ⓘ
surface form: State of Israel

YadVashem ⓘ
surface form: Yad Vashem
countryOfOrigin Israel ⓘ
eligibilityCriteria must be non-Jewish ⓘ
must have acted without expectation of material reward ⓘ
must have taken great risks to save Jews during the Holocaust ⓘ
rescue actions must be documented and verified ⓘ
establishedBy Knesset ⓘ
surface form: Israeli Knesset

YadVashem ⓘ
surface form: Yad Vashem Law
grants certificate bearing the rescuer's name ⓘ
medal bearing the rescuer's name ⓘ
hasNameInLanguage Hebrew ⓘ
HebrewName חסידי אומות העולם ⓘ
historicalContext Holocaust ⓘ
World War II ⓘ
languageOfName English ⓘ
legalBasis YadVashem ⓘ
surface form: Yad Vashem Law of 1953
locationOfCommemoration Jerusalem ⓘ
memorialElement names engraved on the Wall of Honor in the Garden of the Righteous ⓘ
moralSignificance recognition of altruism under extreme danger ⓘ
symbol of solidarity with persecuted Jews ⓘ
purpose to honor non-Jews who risked their lives to save Jews during the Holocaust ⓘ
to recognize rescue of Jews from Nazi persecution and extermination ⓘ
recognizes helping Jews escape occupied territories ⓘ
hiding Jews from Nazi authorities ⓘ
providing false documents to Jews ⓘ
rescue of Jews from concentration camps ⓘ
rescue of Jews from ghettos ⓘ
relatedConcept Holocaust commemoration in Israel ⓘ
Righteous Among the Nations self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Holocaust rescuers
selectionProcess based on archival documentation ⓘ
based on survivor testimonies ⓘ
decided by an independent commission at Yad Vashem ⓘ
symbol certificate of honor ⓘ
medal ⓘ
name inscribed on the Wall of Honor at Yad Vashem ⓘ

Referenced by (38)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

YadVashem → hasPart → Righteous Among the Nations ⓘ
subject surface form: Yad Vashem
this entity surface form: Garden of the Righteous Among the Nations
YadVashem → honors → Righteous Among the Nations ⓘ
subject surface form: Yad Vashem
YadVashem → awards → Righteous Among the Nations ⓘ
subject surface form: Yad Vashem
this entity surface form: Righteous Among the Nations title
Publications Department → topic → Righteous Among the Nations ⓘ
subject surface form: Publications Department (Yad Vashem)
Righteous Among the Nations → relatedConcept → Righteous Among the Nations self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Holocaust rescuers
Raoul Wallenberg → awardReceived → Righteous Among the Nations ⓘ
Miep Gies → recognizedAs → Righteous Among the Nations ⓘ
Miep Gies → awardReceived → Righteous Among the Nations ⓘ
this entity surface form: Yad Vashem Righteous Among the Nations medal
Oskar Schindler → honorificTitle → Righteous Among the Nations ⓘ
Oskar Schindler → awardReceived → Righteous Among the Nations ⓘ
Yad Vashem Commission for the Designation of the Righteous → recognizes → Righteous Among the Nations ⓘ
Yad Vashem Commission for the Designation of the Righteous → usesTitle → Righteous Among the Nations ⓘ
Captain Wilm Hosenfeld → awarded → Righteous Among the Nations ⓘ
subject surface form: Wilm Hosenfeld
Princess Alice of Battenberg → honor → Righteous Among the Nations ⓘ
Dimităr Peshev → recognizedAs → Righteous Among the Nations ⓘ
this entity surface form: Righteous Among the Nations by Yad Vashem
Victor Kugler → recognizedAs → Righteous Among the Nations ⓘ
Tadeusz Pankiewicz → awardReceived → Righteous Among the Nations ⓘ
Giorgio Perlasca → honorificTitle → Righteous Among the Nations ⓘ
Giorgio Perlasca → awardReceived → Righteous Among the Nations ⓘ
Carl Lutz → recognizedAs → Righteous Among the Nations ⓘ
Irena Sendler → awardReceived → Righteous Among the Nations ⓘ
Władysław Bartoszewski → awardReceived → Righteous Among the Nations ⓘ
Hauptmann Wilm Hosenfeld → awarded → Righteous Among the Nations ⓘ
subject surface form: Wilm Hosenfeld
Hauptmann Wilm Hosenfeld → awardReceived → Righteous Among the Nations ⓘ
subject surface form: Wilm Hosenfeld
Per Anger → recognizedAs → Righteous Among the Nations ⓘ
Per Anger → awardReceived → Righteous Among the Nations ⓘ
Maximilian Kolbe → recognizedAs → Righteous Among the Nations ⓘ
Hermine → honor → Righteous Among the Nations ⓘ
subject surface form: Hermine Santruschitz
Jan Gies → awardReceived → Righteous Among the Nations ⓘ
Avenue of the Righteous Among the Nations → honors → Righteous Among the Nations ⓘ
Avenue of the Righteous Among the Nations → namedAfter → Righteous Among the Nations ⓘ
Avenue of the Righteous Among the Nations → relatedTo → Righteous Among the Nations ⓘ
this entity surface form: Righteous Among the Nations title
Hermine Santruschitz → awarded → Righteous Among the Nations ⓘ
Hermine Santruschitz → awardReceived → Righteous Among the Nations ⓘ
this entity surface form: Yad Vashem Righteous Among the Nations recognition
Zivia Lubetkin → awarded → Righteous Among the Nations ⓘ
this entity surface form: Righteous Among the Nations (commemorative roles and honors related to resistance)
Schindler → recognizedAs → Righteous Among the Nations ⓘ
subject surface form: Oskar Schindler
Emilie Schindler → awardReceived → Righteous Among the Nations ⓘ
Princess Helen of Greece and Denmark → awardReceived → Righteous Among the Nations ⓘ