Since 1963, the Righteous Among the Nations is an honor bestowed by the Israeli state on non-Jews who risked their lives, and often the lives of their families, to save Jews during the Holocaust. As of 2022, a total of 28,217 individuals from 51 different countries have been honored in this way. Poland, the country with the largest Jewish population in Europe before the war, also has the highest number of recipients. Recipients are granted honorary Israeli citizenship (or commemorative citizenship for the deceased), and as many as 130 recipients relocated to Israel; recipients are also awarded a personalized medal, a certificate of honor, and their name is added to the Wall of Honor in the Garden of the Righteous at Yad Vashem, the World Holocaust Remembrance Center in Jerusalem. Yad Vashem helps coordinate this award, and has archived the stories of the thousands of recipients. However, it does acknowledge that there are thousands more potential recipients whose stories will likely never be known.
Number of the Righteous Among the Nations from each country or ethnic background honored between 1963 and 2022
*The Danish figure could potentially be much greater due to the massive rescue mission that took place in 1943, however, the Danish resistance requested not to be honored individually, as theirs was a collective effort.
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Yad Vashem. (January 1, 2022). Number of the Righteous Among the Nations from each country or ethnic background honored between 1963 and 2022 [Graph]. In Statista. Retrieved November 23, 2024, from https://www.statista.com/statistics/1070651/righteous-among-the-nations-recipients-by-country/
Yad Vashem. "Number of the Righteous Among the Nations from each country or ethnic background honored between 1963 and 2022." Chart. January 1, 2022. Statista. Accessed November 23, 2024. https://www.statista.com/statistics/1070651/righteous-among-the-nations-recipients-by-country/
Yad Vashem. (2022). Number of the Righteous Among the Nations from each country or ethnic background honored between 1963 and 2022. Statista. Statista Inc.. Accessed: November 23, 2024. https://www.statista.com/statistics/1070651/righteous-among-the-nations-recipients-by-country/
Yad Vashem. "Number of The Righteous Among The Nations from Each Country or Ethnic Background Honored between 1963 and 2022." Statista, Statista Inc., 1 Jan 2022, https://www.statista.com/statistics/1070651/righteous-among-the-nations-recipients-by-country/
Yad Vashem, Number of the Righteous Among the Nations from each country or ethnic background honored between 1963 and 2022 Statista, https://www.statista.com/statistics/1070651/righteous-among-the-nations-recipients-by-country/ (last visited November 23, 2024)
Number of the Righteous Among the Nations from each country or ethnic background honored between 1963 and 2022 [Graph], Yad Vashem, January 1, 2022. [Online]. Available: https://www.statista.com/statistics/1070651/righteous-among-the-nations-recipients-by-country/
