Aristedes de Sousa Mende Portugal (1885-1954) Consul-General of Portugal in Bordeaux, France, was recognized as Righteous Among the Nations on October 18, 1966. Nazi Germany’s invasion of France in May 1940 caused a massive flight of the population to the south of the country, and the consulates were swamped with refugees –

Princes Alice of Battenberg United Kingdom (1885-1969) Was recognized as Righteous Among the Nations on March 11, 1993, for having sheltered Rachel Cohen and her daughter Tilde. Princess Alice, a great-granddaughter of Queen Victoria, married Prince Andrew of Greece and had five children, including the future Duke of Edinburgh, father of King Charles

Nuncio Angelo Rotta Budapest (1872-1965) Monsignor Gennaro Verolino Budapest (1906-2005) Verolino, Secretary of the Apostolic Nuncio in Budapest, was recognized as Righteous Among the Nations on April 30, 2007, for his role in saving Jews of Budapest. In 1944, when Nazi Germany occupied Hungary, Nuncio Angelo

Raoul Wallenberg Sweden (1912-1947) Special envoy sent to Budapest by the Swedish government with the support of the American War Refugee Board, was recognized as Righteous Among the Nations on November 26, 1963. Wallenberg arrived in Budapest in July 1944 to coordinate the rescue of Jews and was given diplomatic status as Secretary

Carl Lutz Switzerland (1895-1975) Vice-Consul and Chief of the Department of Foreign Interests at the Swiss Legation in Budapest, and his wife, Gertrud Lutz (1911-1995), were recognized by Yad Vashem, on March 24, 1964, and February 2, 1978, respectively. Lutz began his rescue operations as soon as Germany marched into Hungary in March

Henryk Sławik Poland (1894-1944) The founder of the Citizens’ Committee to Aid Polish Refugees in Hungary, was recognized as Righteous Among the Nations on January 26, 1977. Sławik, a Polish journalist and activist, arrived in Hungary in 1939 with his retreating military unit and was interned in a camp. In the camp, he

Jan Zwartendijk Holland (1896-1976) Acting Consul at the Dutch Consulate in Kaunas, Lithuania, was recognized as Righteous Among the Nations on October 6, 1997. Zwartendijk, a businessman, was the Philips representative in Lithuania and was nominated Acting Consul after the occupation of the Netherlands by Nazi Germany in May 1940. Faced with the

Chiune Sugihara Japan (1900-1986) Consul of Japan in Kaunas, Lithuania, was recognized as Righteous Among the Nations on October 4, 1984, for issuing transit visas for Jews stranded in Lithuania. Despite Japan’s strict visa policy, in the summer of 1940, Sugihara issued thousands of transit visas to Jews who had fled to Vilnius

Varian Fry USA (1907-1967) Was recognized as Righteous Among the Nations on July 21, 1994, for helping Jewish refugees flee from France. Fry was sent to France in the summer of 1940 as the representative of the American Emergency Rescue Committee, a non-governmental organization established to help intellectuals and renowned persons stranded in

Hiram Bingham, IV USA (1903-1988) Was the Vice Consul in the visa section at the American Consulate in Marseilles in 1940. Contrary to most American consular officials, Bingham showed empathy with the suffering of the Jewish refugees and tried to help them obtain visas at a time when U.S. policy was to discourage