| − | "Righteous Among the Nations" is an official title awarded by Yad Vashem – The World Holocaust Remembrance Center on behalf of Israel to non-Jews who risked their lives to save Jews during the Holocaust. Over 26,000 individuals from various backgrounds, including Christians and Muslims, have been recognized for acts like hiding Jews, providing false papers, or smuggling.[https://encyclopedia.ushmm.org/content/en/article/righteous-among-the-nations] | + | "Righteous Among the Nations" is an official title awarded by Yad Vashem – The World Holocaust Remembrance Center on behalf of Israel to non-Jews who risked their lives to save Jews during the Holocaust. Over 26,000 individuals from various backgrounds, including Christians and Muslims, have been recognized for acts like hiding Jews, providing false papers, or smuggling.[https://encyclopedia.ushmm.org/content/en/article/righteous-among-the-nations USHMM] |
| | + | Attitudes towards the Jews during the Holocaust ranged from indifference to hostility. The mainstream watched as their former neighbors were rounded up; some collaborated with the perpetrators and many benefited from the expropriation of the Jews’ property. But in a world of total moral collapse there was a small minority who mustered extraordinary courage to uphold human values, risking their lives to save Jews by hiding them in their homes, providing false papers and assisting their escape: the Righteous Among the Nations. |