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Righteous Gentiles

The seven Weber siblings upon their arrival at New York Harbor in May 1946. Bottom row from left: Renee, Judith, and Bela. Top row from left: Gertrude, Alfons, Senta, and Ruth. (Courtesy of United States Holocaust Memorial Museum)
April 24, 2025, 2:22 am
Netflix tells tale of 7 siblings who miraculously survived the Holocaust to restart life in US
Now streaming, ‘UnBroken’ illuminates story of the Webers, who lived in hiding on a German farm for two years — only to be cruelly separated upon arrival in America
By Renee Ghert-Zand
Red hands graffitis are seen on the "Wall of the Righteous" (Mur des Justes), in Paris, France, on May 14, 2024. (Antonin UTZ / AFP)
May 22, 2024, 6:53 pm
French police say suspects in Paris Holocaust memorial graffiti case fled to Belgium
Prosecutors say bus reservations made from Bulgaria; red hands, symbolizing calls for Gaza ceasefire, painted on wall honoring those who rescued Jews, surrounding buildings
By AFP and ToI Staff
A city employee cleaning the "Wall of the Righteous" (Mur des Justes) after the monument was vandalized in Paris, May 14, 2024. (Antonin Utz/AFP)
May 14, 2024, 10:31 pm
Paris memorial for people who saved Jews during Holocaust vandalized
Mayor Anne Hidalgo files complaint with Paris prosecutor and calls incident ‘unspeakable’ as wave of antisemitism in France continues to grow
By AP and ToI Staff
In 'Irena's Vow,' Irena Gut (Sophie Nélisse) crouches in front of the grill covering the entrance to the basement of a German officer's home in Tarnopol, Poland where she hides 12 Jews (Quiver Distribution)
April 15, 2024, 12:37 pm
How 12 Jews survived the Holocaust hidden by a maid in a Nazi officer’s basement
Film ‘Irena’s Vow,’ opening in the US on April 15, tells the true story of faith and humanity that led a young Polish woman to risk her life to save the lives of others
By Renee Ghert-Zand
A picture of Aristides de Sousa Mendes, who is credited with saving thousands in the Holocaust, next to the square named in his honor, Kiryat Hayovel, Jerusalem, November 8, 2022 (Ash Obel/Times of Israel)
November 9, 2022, 12:32 pm
Jerusalem square named for Portuguese diplomat who saved 10,000 Jews in WWII
Aristides de Sousa Mendes defied his country’s dictator and provided visas to people in France fleeing Nazi persecution; mayor says plaza ‘now carries the name of a hero’
By Ash Obel
Andrey Sheptytsky in Lviv in the 1930s. (Odessa Review via JTA)
May 2, 2020, 12:54 pm
Vatican archive letter shows Ukrainian priest tried to save Jews in Holocaust
Yad Vashem resisted honoring head of Ukraine’s Greek Catholic Church, Andrey Sheptytsky, as he initially welcomed Nazi invasion, but new evidence could change that
By Cnaan Liphshiz
Actress Gal Gadot attends the 2018 National Board of Review Awards Gala in New York City on January 9, 2018. (AFP Photo/Angela Weiss)
October 12, 2019, 11:46 pm
Gadot to produce, star in film on Polish woman who saved 2,500 kids from Nazis
Wonder Woman actress forms production company with husband; in its first movie, she will play Righteous Gentile Irena Sendler, who smuggled Jewish children out of Warsaw ghetto
By ToI Staff
Holocaust survivors attend a ceremony at the Mishan home for the elderly in Tel Aviv as Israel marks annual Holocaust Remembrance Day. May 04, 2016. (Tomer Neuberg/Flash90)
July 2, 2019, 11:40 am
Germany extends Holocaust compensation to survivor spouses
New York-based advocacy group successfully lobbies German government to continue payments to 30,000 elderly
By David Rising
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