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In reply to the discussion: "Polish death camps" [View all]aint_no_life_nowhere
(21,925 posts)I'm all for condemning until the end of time those who helped the Nazis in the countries they occupied. But we must not forget those who risked their lives to hide Jews, to make false papers for Jews, or helped smuggle them out. Those are the acts recognized as righteous by Yad Vashem, and the latter admits that they've recognized only a fraction of the heroes who helped save Jewish lives during the war. Poland is first among nations in the war for the number of officially recognized heroes by Yad Vashem, with well over 6,000 individuals honored. The Netherlands and France were second and third among the nations in the number of the formally recognized. The heroes and their descendants also factor in and that's why blanket statements are inappropriate.
http://www1.yadvashem.org/yv/en/righteous/statistics.asp