List of Norwegian Righteous Among the Nations explained

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 to smuggle the refugees out of Norway, typically to Sweden.[1], 67 of these individuals have been recognized by Yad Vashem as being Righteous Among the Nations.[2] Yad Vashem has also recognized the Norwegian resistance movement collectively.[3]

List

NameNumberYearComment
Bonnevie, Alfhild[4] 8611.21999
Breisjøberget, Ola10816.52006For the rescue of children at the Jewish Children's Home in Oslo
Bryn, Harald & Nanti8611.31999
Faye-Hansen, Per[5] 110212007
Follestad, Einar & Agnes86111999For rescuing the Raskow family in Oslo [6]
Hasvold, Nina (Hackel)108162006For the rescue of children at the Jewish Children's Home in Oslo
Helliesen-Lund, Sigrid[7] 108562006For the rescue of children at the Jewish Children's Home in Oslo
Hougen, Bjørn & Torbjørg97502002
Hougen, Helga (1)9750.12002
Hougen, Helga (2)9750.22002The two Helga Hougens were cousins.
Kleivan, Kåre10764.22006
Malm, Erling58811994Committed suicide rather than reveal network that smuggled Jews out of Norway
Mamen, Hans Christen12481979Lutheran 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.[8] [9]
Michelsen, Bjørn & Astrid & his father August94932001
Nielssen, Finn & Valdis8611.41999
Nilsen, Nikolai & Anny, children Edmund, Nordal, Jenny, Pauline107642006For the rescue of Smith family in Tromsø [10]
Norwegian Underground Movement616.11977Awarded collectively, among other things for Carl Fredriksens Transport
Rauken, Ola10816.42006For the rescue of children at the Jewish Children's Home in Oslo
Resch-Synnestvedt, Alice2142.11982A Norwegian citizen, but active in France[11] [12]
Roth, Per62671994For assisting Jewish boys in Sachsenhausen concentration camp
Rotvold, Markus10764.12006For the rescue of Smith family in Tromsø
Sjølie Oscar & Frida105652005
Sletten-Fosstvedt, Ingebjørg701967Helped the family of rabbi Julius Samuel escape to Sweden
Solvang, Martin10816.22006For the rescue of children at the Jewish Children's Home in Oslo
Tanberg, Gerda10816.32006For the rescue of children at the Jewish Children's Home in Oslo
Tosterud (Limbodal), Margit90692000
Waal, Caroline ("Nic")[13] 10816.12006For the rescue of children at the Jewish Children's Home in Oslo
Wellen, Einar [14] 68461995For arranging for the escape of the Rosenberg family, and others.
Wilhelmsen, Agnes & Carl8611.11999

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Notes and References

  1. Web site: The rescue of approximately 1,000 Jews in Norway during World War II . https://web.archive.org/web/20090417184500/http://www.yale.edu/gsp/resistance/download/Ulstein_The_Rescue_of_Norwegian_Jews.doc . dead . 2009-04-17 . 2008-08-01 . Ragnar Ulstein/Yale Genocide Studies Program . 1985 . Yad Vashem .
  2. Web site: Righteous Among the Nations Honored by Yad Vashem. www.yadvashem.org. en. 2018-09-08.
  3. Web site: Norwegian Jews and the Holocaust; Norwegian "Righteous among the nations" . https://web.archive.org/web/20080819195734/http://www.norway.org.il/history/Jewish%2BHistory%2Bin%2BNorway/Holocaust.htm . dead . 2008-08-19 . 2008-02-29 . 2007-09-11 . Norwegian embassy in Israel .
  4. http://db.yadvashem.org/righteous/family.html?language=en&itemId=4014034 Alfhild Bonnevie
  5. http://www.yadvashem.org/righteous/stories/hansen Per Faye-Hansen
  6. Book: Gilbert, Martin . Martin Gilbert . The Righteous: The Unsung Heroes of the Holocaust . 2003 . Macmillan . 0-8050-6260-2 . 251 . registration .
  7. Sigrid Helliesen-Lund was a prominent QuakerBook: Quakerism, a way of life: In homage to Sigrid Helliesen Lund on her 90th birthday, February 23rd 1982 . 1982 . Norwegian Quaker Press . Oslo . 82-90311-22-2 .
  8. Book: Alver, Iver B.M. . Vårherres kurér . 2002 . Asker og Bærums historielag . Sandvika . no . 82-90095-10-4 .
  9. Web site: Hans Christen Mamen: Vår Herres Kurer . 2008-03-02 . Else and Geoff Ward . July 2007 . Norway: War Resistance Peace . no . https://web.archive.org/web/20110718123015/http://www.wwiinorge.com/mamen_norg.htm . 2011-07-18 . dead .
  10. News: Hedret for innsats under andre verdenskrig . Mark . Ledingham . https://web.archive.org/web/20110724181111/http://www.tromso.kommune.no/hedret-for-innsats-under-andre-verdenskrig.4544367-121028.html . dead . 2011-07-24 . Municipality of Tromsø . Tromsø . 2006-09-01 . 2010-04-11 . no . Honored for contributions during World War II .
  11. Web site: Those Who Save One Life. . Sutters . Jack . September 2002 . American Friends Service Committee . https://web.archive.org/web/20080312002658/http://www.afsc.org/about/hist/2002/synnestvedt.htm . 2008-03-12 . dead .
  12. Book: Resch Synnestevdt . Alice . Over the highest mountains : a memoir of unexpected heroism in France during World War II . Digital copy. 2005 . Intentional Productions . Pasadena, California . 0-9648042-6-3 . 237973018 .
  13. Nic Waal was also active in the clandestine Norwegian military intelligence network known as XU. See Book: Sæter, Einar . Einar Sæter . Sæter, Svein. XU - I Hemmeleg Teneste 1940-45 . 2007 . 3rd (revised) . 2007 . . Oslo . no . 978-82-521-7208-9 . 305 .
  14. Web site: Margrit's Story: Narrow Escape to/from Norway . 2008-06-29 . Stenge . Margrit Rosenberg . 2004 . The Concordia University Chair in Canadian Jewish Studies and The Montreal Institute for Genocide and Human Rights Studies.