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Israeli Holocaust Memorial Exhibit Honors Those Who Risked Their Lives to Save Jews in WWII
(AP-Washington Post) On Wednesday, Israel's Yad Vashem Holocaust museum and memorial unveiled a new exhibition that marked 50 years of recognizing non-Jews who risked their lives to save Jews during World War II, dedicated to the 24,811 people from 47 countries who have been honored as "Righteous Among the Nations." A special committee, chaired by a retired Supreme Court Justice, is responsible for vetting every case. Following a lengthy process, between 400 and 500 are typically recognized a year. Former chief rabbi Israel Meir Lau, who credits non-Jewish Russian Feodor Mikhailichenko with saving him as a child in the Buchenwald concentration camp, said that those who experienced the worst evil of man also know they could not have survived without the goodness of man, either.