Righteous Among Nations

A new mural in Nolita celebrates a Holocaust rescuer

Street art honoring Tibor Baranski, a Hungarian who saved 3,000 Jews, is intended to fight hate and spark conversation.

By Julia Gergely January 5, 2023 12:43 pm

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Jozef Walaszczyk, who saved more than 50 Jews during the Holocaust, tells his story at a restaurant in Warsaw, Poland on Jan. 28, 2020. (Cnaan Liphshiz)

Jozef Walaszczyk, Poland’s oldest rescuer of Jews, dies at 102

His story of rescuing up to 50 people is relatively unknown in Poland.

June 21, 2022 9:41 am

A TV series celebrates a Brazilian’s rescue of Jews during the Holocaust. Is her story true?

Two Brazilian historians say the story of Aracy de Carvalho has been exaggerated.

December 22, 2021 3:47 pm

A poster advertising an exhibition in Luxembourg on the actions of Aristides de Sousa Mendes. (Courtesy of the government of Luxembourg)

Portuguese diplomat who saved thousands of Jews during the Holocaust receives posthumous honor

By Cnaan Liphshiz October 20, 2021 4:01 am

Anna Kozminska. (Polin)

Polish woman who doted over Jewish boy she rescued from the Holocaust dies at 101

By Cnaan Liphshiz March 30, 2021 10:04 am

Zookeeper's Wife

Daughter of couple who hid Jews at Warsaw Zoo dies

By Cnaan Liphshiz February 1, 2021 12:04 pm

Church bells toll in Nieuwlande, the Netherlands on Jan. 25, 2021. (Cnaan Liphshiz)

This Dutch village is finally ready to tell its unique Holocaust rescue story

By Cnaan Liphshiz January 27, 2021 5:42 pm

An archive picture of Wojciech Rychlewicz. (Courtesy of Israel Hayom)

Polish diplomat in Istanbul rescued hundreds of Jews from the Holocaust, report says

By Cnaan Liphshiz December 11, 2020 12:10 pm

Roman Polanski

Roman Polanski’s Holocaust saviors to be named Righteous Among the Nations

By Cnaan Liphshiz October 5, 2020 10:14 am

A view to the Chiune Sugihara museum in Gifu district, Japan and the peace monument behind it. (Cnaan Liphshiz)

Japanese municipality holds benefit to commemorate savior of Jews

By Cnaan Liphshiz August 21, 2020 10:29 am

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