Day of Remembrance of Ukrainians Who Saved Jews
Day of Remembrance of Ukrainians Who Saved Jews is held on May 14. This event in the second decade of the month May is annual. Help us
On February 2, 2021, the Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine adopted a draft resolution (Reg. No. 4479) on the memory of Ukrainians who saved Jews during World War II.
As of January 1, 2020, 2,659 Ukrainians have been honoured by the State of Israel with the title of Righteous Among the Nations (non-Jews who risked their lives during the Holocaust to save Jews from extermination by the Nazis for altruistic reasons).
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