The Righteous Among the Nations database was updated

15.09.2021

The world Holocaust Remembrance Center has updated The Righteous Among the Nations database  by country and ethnicity as of January 1, 2020. Ukraine ranks 4th among 51 countries (ahead of Poland, the Netherlands and France).

The list of the Righteous Among the Nations in Ukraine has increased by 14 names of heroes and now stands at 2,673 people. You can read it at the link.

According to the Resolution of the Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine of February 2, 2021 "On Honoring the Memory of Ukrainians Who Rescued Jews during World War II", May 14 was recognized as a memorable date set in honor of the Ukrainian Righteous Among the Nations and other rescuers of Jews, "who, risking their own lives and the lives of their relatives, helped Jews avoid Nazi terror during the Holocaust."