Norwegian Righteous Among the Nations
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During the occupation of Norway by Nazi Germany, its Jewish community was subject to persecution and deported to extermination camps. Although at least 764 Jews in Norway were killed, over 1,000 were rescued with the help of non-Jewish Norwegians who risked their lives. Forty-one of these have been recognized by Yad Vashem as being Righteous Among the Nations, among them the Norwegian resistance movement collectively. This is a list of them.[1] [2]
| Name | Number | Year | Comment |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bonnevie, Alfhild | 8611.2 | 1999 | |
| Breisjøberget, Ola | 10816.5 | 2006 | For the rescue of children at the Jewish Children's Home in Oslo |
| Bryn, Harald & Nanti | 8611.3 | 1999 | |
| Faye-Hansen, Per | 11021 | 2007 | |
| Follestad, Einar & Agnes | 8611 | 1999 | For rescuing the Raskow family in Oslo [3] |
| Hasvold, Nina (Hackel) | 10816 | 2006 | For the rescue of children at the Jewish Children's Home in Oslo |
| Helliesen-Lund, Sigrid[4] | 10856 | 2006 | For the rescue of children at the Jewish Children's Home in Oslo |
| Hougen, Bjørn & Torbjørg | 9750 | 2002 | |
| Hougen, Helga (1) | 9750.1 | 2002 | |
| Hougen, Helga (2) | 9750.2 | 2002 | The two Helga Hougens were cousins. |
| Kleivan, Kåre | 10764.2 | 2006 | |
| Malm, Erling | 5881 | 1994 | Committed suicide rather than reveal network that smuggled Jews out of Norway |
| Mamen, Rev. Hans Christen | 1248 | 1979 | Lutheran minister who acted as a border pilot, bringing small groups of refugees from his home municipality of Asker across the border to Sweden, and ended up fleeing himself. [5][6] |
| Michelsen, Bjørn & Astrid & his father August | 9493 | 2001 | |
| Nielssen, Finn & Valdis | 8611.4 | 1999 | |
| Nilsen, Nikolai & Anny, children Edmund, Nordal, Jenny, Pauline | 10764 | 2006 | |
| Norwegian Underground Movement | 616.1 | 1977 | Awarded collectively, among other things for Carl Fredriksens Transport |
| Rauken, Ola | 10816.4 | 2006 | For the rescue of children at the Jewish Children's Home in Oslo |
| Resch-Synnestvedt, Alice | 2142.1 | 1982 | A Norwegian citizen, but active in France[7] |
| Roth, Per | 6267 | 1994 | |
| Rotvold, Markus | 10764.1 | 2006 | |
| Sjølie Oscar & Frida | 10565 | 2005 | |
| Sletten-Fosstvedt, Ingebjørg | 70 | 1967 | Helped the family of rabbi Julius Samuel escape to Sweden |
| Solvang, Martin | 10816.2 | 2006 | For the rescue of children at the Jewish Children's Home in Oslo |
| Tanberg, Gerda | 10816.3 | 2006 | For the rescue of children at the Jewish Children's Home in Oslo |
| Tosterud (Limbodal), Margit | 9069 | 2000 | |
| Waal, Nic | 10816.1 | 2006 | For the rescue of children at the Jewish Children's Home in Oslo |
| Wellen, Einar | 6846 | 1995 | |
| Wilhelmsen, Agnes & Carl | 8611.1 | 1999 |
[edit] Notes
- ^ Norwegian Righteous Among the Nations, Jerusalem, Israel: Yad Vashem
- ^ Norwegian Jews and the Holocaust; Norwegian ”Righteous among the nations”. Norwegian embassy in Israel (2007-09-11). Retrieved on 2008-02-29.
- ^ Gilbert, Martin (2003). The Righteous: The Unsung Heroes of the Holocaust. Macmillan, p. 251. ISBN 0805062602.
- ^ Sigrid Helliesen-Lund was a prominent Quaker (1982) Quakerism, a way of life: In homage to Sigrid Helliesen Lund on her 90th birthday, February 23rd 1982. Oslo: Norwegian Quaker Press. ISBN 8290311222.
- ^ Alver, Iver B.M. (2002). Vårherres kurér. Sandvika: Asker og Bærums historielag. ISBN 82-90095-10-4.
- ^ Else and Geoff Ward (7 2007). Hans Christen Mamen: Vår Herres Kurer (Norwegian). Norway: War Resistance Peace. Retrieved on 2008-03-02.
- ^ Sutters, Jack (9 2002). 'Those Who Save One Life.'. American Friends Service Committee.
