Righteous Among Nations

Roman Polanski

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

Stefania and Jan Buchała will be posthumously honored for hiding the Jewish film director from 1943 until the war’s end.

By Cnaan Liphshiz October 5, 2020 10:14 am

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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

A bake sale aims to raise about $16,000 to benefit two museums honoring Chiune Sugihara, who saved thousands of Jews from the Nazis.

August 21, 2020 10:29 am

This French town is known for saving Jews during WWII. It just elected a far-right mayor who has been accused of anti-Semitism.

The election of 31-year-old Romain Lopez was part of a strong municipal elections showing for the far-right National Rally party of Marine Le Pen.

July 13, 2020 1:00 pm

hans calmeyer

Hans Calmeyer is remembered for saving thousands of Jews. A Holocaust survivor says he sent her to Auschwitz.

By Cnaan Liphshiz May 6, 2020 4:22 pm

Andrey Sheptytsky in Lviv in the 1930s. (Odessa Review)

A Ukrainian priest who saved Jews during the Holocaust has never been honored by Yad Vashem. New research could change that.

By Cnaan Liphshiz May 1, 2020 3:24 pm

Jozef Walaszczyk, 100, who saved more than 50 Jews during the Holocaust, telling his story at a restaurant in Warsaw, Poland on Jan. 28, 2020. (Cnaan Liphshiz)

A love affair that made him risk everything: Poland’s oldest rescuer of Jews reveals an epic WWII story

By Cnaan Liphshiz April 20, 2020 4:00 pm

Last surviving German recognized by Yad Vashem as righteous gentile for Holocaust heroism dies

By Marcy Oster March 23, 2020 2:44 pm

Jonny Daniels delivering groceries to a rescuer of Jews during the Holocaust in Warsaw, Poland on March 17, 2020. (Courtesy of From the Depths)

Aging Poles who rescued Jews during the Holocaust are at risk from the coronavirus. So this Jewish group is delivering food to them.

By Cnaan Liphshiz March 19, 2020 4:28 pm

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

Portuguese politician apologizes for calling famous rescuer of Jews a ‘loan shark’

By Cnaan Liphshiz February 3, 2020 4:55 pm

Maria Nowak receiving Flemish Prime Minister Jan Jambon to her 100th birthday celebration at her home in Krakow, Poland on Jan. 20, 2020. (Tytus Kondracki)

Belgian leader celebrates Holocaust rescuer’s 100th birthday

By Cnaan Liphshiz January 22, 2020 3:31 pm

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