Righteous Among the Nations
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Righteous Among the Nations is an honorific title given to non-Jews who risked their lives to save Jews during the Holocaust.
Aliases (4)
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
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| appliesTo |
non-Jews
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| associatedWith |
Holocaust remembrance
→
Jewish history → civil courage → humanitarianism → |
| commemoratedAt |
Yad Vashem Holocaust Remembrance Center
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| conferredBy |
State of Israel
→
Yad Vashem → |
| countryOfOrigin |
Israel
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| eligibilityCriteria |
must be non-Jewish
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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 |
Israeli Knesset
→
Yad Vashem Law → |
| grants |
certificate bearing the rescuer's name
→
medal bearing the rescuer's name → |
| hasNameInLanguage |
Hebrew
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| HebrewName |
חסידי אומות העולם
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| historicalContext |
Holocaust
→
World War II → |
| languageOfName |
English
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| legalBasis |
Yad Vashem Law of 1953
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| locationOfCommemoration |
Jerusalem
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| memorialElement |
names engraved on the Wall of Honor in the Garden of the Righteous
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| 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
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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
→
Holocaust rescuers → |
| selectionProcess |
based on archival documentation
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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 (12)
| Subject (surface form when different) | Predicate |
|---|---|
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Miep Gies
("Yad Vashem Righteous Among the Nations medal")
→
Oskar Schindler → Raoul Wallenberg → |
awardReceived |
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Yad Vashem
("Righteous Among the Nations title")
→
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awards |
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Yad Vashem
("Garden of the Righteous Among the Nations")
→
|
hasPart |
|
Oskar Schindler
→
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honorificTitle |
|
Yad Vashem
→
|
honors |
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Miep Gies
→
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recognizedAs |
|
Yad Vashem Commission for the Designation of the Righteous
→
|
recognizes |
|
Righteous Among the Nations
("Holocaust rescuers")
→
|
relatedConcept |
|
Publications Department (Yad Vashem)
→
|
topic |
|
Yad Vashem Commission for the Designation of the Righteous
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usesTitle |