Yad Vashem Commission for the Designation of the Righteous

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The Yad Vashem Commission for the Designation of the Righteous is an official body of Israel’s Holocaust remembrance authority that evaluates and recognizes non-Jews who risked their lives to save Jews during the Holocaust.


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Predicate Object
instanceOf Israeli public body
commission
official body
appliesCriteria absence of financial or other material reward as primary motive
direct involvement in saving Jews
risk to rescuer’s life, liberty or position
appliesToEvent Holocaust
archivesAt Yad Vashem Archives
basedOn Yad Vashem Law, 1953
country Israel
decisionResultsIn award of a medal and certificate to recognized rescuers or their families
inscription of names on the Wall of Honor in the Garden of the Righteous Among the Nations
fieldOfWork Holocaust commemoration
Holocaust remembrance
historical recognition
humanitarian recognition
hasJurisdiction State of Israel
hasOfficialWebsite https://www.yadvashem.org/righteous.html
hasTask decision on awarding the title Righteous Among the Nations
evaluation of candidates for Righteous Among the Nations
examination of documentation and testimonies
recognition of non-Jews who saved Jews during the Holocaust
inception 1963
languageOfWorkOrName English
Hebrew
locatedInTheAdministrativeTerritorialEntity Jerusalem
Jerusalem District
maintains files on candidates for Righteous Among the Nations
notableAwardAdministered Righteous Among the Nations title
operatedBy Yad Vashem
operatesWithin Mount of Remembrance campus
parentOrganization Yad Vashem
partOf Yad Vashem
recognizes Righteous Among the Nations
non-Jews who risked their lives to save Jews during the Holocaust
scope worldwide
subjectHasRole Holocaust survivor representative
chairperson
historian member
legal expert member
topic non-Jewish rescuers
rescue of Jews during the Holocaust
usesTitle Righteous Among the Nations

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Subject (surface form when different) Predicate
Righteous Among the Nations
administeredBy

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