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Righteous Gentile

Countess Maria von Maltzan, Germany, 1988 (Photo/Gay Block)
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Gay Block’s portraits of non-Jewish Holocaust rescuers on view at S.F. gallery

Lillian Ilsley-Greene by Lillian Ilsley-Greene September 7, 2022September 12, 2022

An elderly woman reclining in a green lawn chair, blowing smoke into the sky. A pastor in a red corduroy suit grinning at the camera. A couple in their backyard, […]

From left: Lidia S., Olympiada D., Aleksandra B. and Aleksander S. are among 15 Ukrainians named "Righteous Among the Nations" who helped save Jews during the Holocaust who were still living in Ukraine when Russia invaded. (Photo/NY Jewish Week-Courtesy Jewish Foundation for the Righteous)
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Inside the mission to aid Ukraine’s 15 remaining ‘Righteous Gentiles’

by Stewart Ain and Jewish Week May 11, 2022
Chinese diplomat Feng Shan Ho, seen here in China in 1947, is one of many foreign diplomats who helped Jews escape the Holocaust.
Posted inBay Area

Righteous diplomats of the Holocaust honored in San Jose exhibit

Maya Mirsky
(Aaron Levy-Wolins/J. Staff) by Maya Mirsky March 31, 2022March 31, 2022
Dutch Reformed Church pastor Leendert Overduin is recognized by Yad Vashem as one of the Righteous Among the Nations.
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Palo Alto student essay contest honors Leendert Overduin, Dutch pastor who saved Jews

Larry Sokoloff by Larry Sokoloff March 30, 2022March 30, 2022

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