Can you name the countries with Righteous among the Nations? by leob

Can you name the countries with Righteous among the Nations?

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Source: Yad Vashem
Righteous among the Nations is used by the State of Israel to describe non-Jews who risked their lives during the Holocaust to save Jews from extermination by the Nazis. *Includes a collective award
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Righteous among the Nations Quiz

by leob

Created Feb 24, 2010 in History
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	Masternachos:	Feb 24th, 2010 at 19:45 GMT		6 points
	I think a bit of clarification is in order. Is the Righteous Among Nations award given to individuals who helped Jews in the Holocaust?

	leob:	Feb 24th, 2010 at 21:29 GMT		3 points
	@Masternachos: You're right; I'll add a clarification so that people would not need to follow the link.

	abanazerb:	Feb 25th, 2010 at 16:21 GMT		2 points
	Interesting quiz.

	steeltown:	Feb 26th, 2010 at 01:20 GMT		-1 points
	Really interesting! Would be even more fascinating to see the results formulates against population of countries involved.

	leob:	Feb 26th, 2010 at 04:45 GMT		8 points
	@steeltown: I don't think it would be a fair reflection of anything, as there are too many variables influencing the number of people who got the awards.

	folio1701:	Apr 6th, 2011 at 19:59 GMT		0 points
	That's amazing that there were so many people in a tiny country like the Netherlands that were willing to put their necks on the line.

	NinedenLtD:	Apr 7th, 2011 at 04:33 GMT		3 points
	How does it work for places like Chile and Brazil? Does it signify Brazilian/Chilean nationals in Europe or events in South America? What is the perception of Trujillo in relation to this reward? Not enough risk? Really interesting quiz, thanks for posting it.

	M_C_HAMEL:	Jun 20th, 2011 at 22:26 GMT		-1 points
	Of course Poland is on top; it was the center of the atrocities.

	5daughters:	Jun 21st, 2011 at 07:04 GMT		12 points
	Good quiz. Some surprises. I am privileged to have a dear friend who is among the "Righteous". Knud Dyby was originally from Denmark (now lives in Northern California) and was responsible for saving the lives of hundreds of Jews and others. His humanitarian efforts have been a large part of who he is and what he has done ever since. At 96 years, Knud is still a vibrant and amazing human being.

	TessSGS:	Jun 21st, 2011 at 15:23 GMT		1 point
	How strange that the link says "Great Britain (including Scotland)". Scotland IS part of GB! I would have expected "Great Britain (including Northern Ireland)" rather than Scotland.

	TessSGS:	Jun 21st, 2011 at 15:31 GMT		1 point
	NinedenLtd, have a look here - http://www1.yadvashem.org/yv/en/righteous/stories/index.asp. You can read some of the stories of the Righteous, including the ones from Brazil. One story I read a long time ago was about a Frenchwoman called Dr. Adelaide Hautval, to this day I don't know how she managed to survive.

	JoeIsCool:	Jun 22nd, 2011 at 04:16 GMT		1 point
	Still had the second most to find, despite getting pretty much all the others, but I was absolutely sure that I'd gone throughout Europe. You can be sure a facepalm happened when I clicked give up.

	BrentH:	Jun 22nd, 2011 at 16:53 GMT		4 points
	I am not sure the Asterisk above does the Danes justice. The reason they don't lead this list is because the State of Israel essentially gave the entire country of Denmark this commendation for rescuing nearly every single Jewish person in the country from Nazi persecution.

	JeroAdmi:	Jun 22nd, 2011 at 20:04 GMT		1 point
	Sadly enough, still around 75% of the jewish population of the Netherlands was killed during the war. 75%... That's the highest percentage in Western Europe. Nonetheless, we are proud of our 'verzetsstrijders'.

	Imperium:	Jun 22nd, 2011 at 22:52 GMT		1 point
	@BrentH: to clarify, the Danish underground were passed a message from a mole that a major roundup was about to begin. They used their own contacts to evacuate approx. 95% of the Jewish population of Denmark out of the country through Sweden, and their request that the entire Underground be given the commendation was honoured. As just about the entire population either was either a member or knew a member of the underground, that effectively equates to the entire population of Denmark. There's even a Denmark Square in Jerusalem.

	carbon_rod:	Jun 23rd, 2011 at 18:14 GMT		1 point
	A remarkable example is that of Bulgaria, which, although a German ally, was able to protect its own Jews (some 50,000).

	Ubbiebubbie:	Jun 23rd, 2011 at 19:04 GMT		1 point
	Vietnam.

	Churchill:	Jun 28th, 2011 at 15:37 GMT		0 points
	I'm actually not surprised about Bulgaria. Oddly enough, Hitler never asked his allies, large or small, to turnover their jewish populations to him. Countries liek Italy and Romania to a lesser extent did it to gain supposed favor from Hitler in Mussolini's case and the present anti-semitism in Fascist Romania. Poland I'm actually pleasantly surprised about because it had been quite well known that the Poles were very anti-semitic and during the Holocaust sold out their Jewish neighbors to take their belongings, homes, and food. So, this is a nice surprise for me

	Churchill:	Jun 28th, 2011 at 15:40 GMT		0 points
	Also, I'm not the least bit surprised by the Low and Scandinavian Countries. Even though they were considered "Aryan Races", Belgians, Dutch and Norwegians were not the least bit anti-semite.

	bowsntoys:	Jul 13th, 2011 at 06:13 GMT		1 point
	Leob? I think this is the most moving quiz I've done on Sporcle. Thanks. I love all the extra stories in the comments, too. Hopefully, your quiz will get published soon.

	leob:	Jul 14th, 2011 at 16:14 GMT		2 points
	bowsntoys: Reading about Irena Sendler prompted me to make the quiz.

	Acid_Snow:	Apr 15th, 2012 at 05:06 GMT		1 point
	Herzegovina's even less lucky than McCartney, as most just refer to "Bosnia", but nearly every other quiz only accepts and requires "Bosnia and Herzegovina." The source uses "Bosnia", but it is somewhat unlikely that all 40 of the Righteous in BiH reside in the region of Bosnia.