Righteous Among Nations

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

Gertrud Steinl was recognized by Yad Vashem in 1979 as a Righteous Among the Nations.

By Marcy Oster March 23, 2020 2:44 pm

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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.

What began as a free taxi service for the Righteous Among the Nations has become a frequently disinfected home delivery setup.

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’

Abel Matos Santos’ 2012 remark is being revisited as his political profile grows.

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

Jonny Daniels, third from left, with the Bicaku family in their home in Durres, Albania on Dec. 11, 2019. (Courtesy of From the Depths)

Jewish group to repair earthquake-struck home of Albanian Muslim whose father saved Jews

By Cnaan Liphshiz December 18, 2019 9:57 am

Edward Mosberg, center, and Jonny Daniels, right, celebrating with Jozef Walaszczyk his centenary birthday party in Warsaw, Poland on Nov. 14, 2019. (From the Depths)

Holocaust rescuer gets a surprise 100th birthday party in Poland

By Cnaan Liphshiz November 15, 2019 1:01 pm

2 Holocaust survivors reunited with their Greek rescuer for first time since WWII

By Marcy Oster November 3, 2019 11:06 am

Xhemal Veseli, left, with Jonny Daniels in Tirana, Albania in October 2019. (Courtesy of From the Depths)

93-year-old Albanian who rescued Jews to be honored in Poland

By Cnaan Liphshiz October 15, 2019 12:44 pm

Krystyna Danko receiving flowers from Jonny Daniels on in her apartment in Warsaw, Poland on her 102nd birthday on July 9, 2019. (From the Depths)

Polish woman who saved adoptive Jewish family from Holocaust dies at 102

By Cnaan Liphshiz August 9, 2019 11:04 am

Nobuki Sugihara, second from left with Limmud FSU founder Chaim Chesler and villagers from Mir, Belarus on May 2, 2019. (Boris Brumin)

The son of Holocaust hero Chiune Sugihara is setting the record straight about his father’s story

By Cnaan Liphshiz May 16, 2019 5:40 pm

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