The courage to care

During the Holocaust, many millions of individuals were murdered because of who they were. Sadly, few were rescued from their impending fate. There were, however, a relatively small number of non-Jewish people who recognised what was happening to the Jews of Europe and were prepared to risk their lives in order to try and save others, or oppose the Nazi regime.

A few of them have been mentioned on this page. Thousands more are remembered at the Avenue of the Righteous in Yad Vashem in Jerusalem. Some saved thousands of lives by helping people escape; others hid a smaller number, a family or an individual.