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Israel - Yad Vashem Medal given to Righteous Among the Nations - 105 g, 59 mm
The law that established "Yad Vashem - commemorating the Holocaust and heroism, 5723, 1953" states in a special section that it is the duty of the Remembrance Authority to commemorate the deeds of the "Righteous among Gentiles who risked their lives in order to rescue Jews". Although there were not many to be found in the countries conquered by the Nazi's, they were distinguished for their valor and acts of heroism, deserving to be honored as outstanding people to be remembered by future generations. A special commission, set up by "Yad Vashem", gathered evidence from survivors and endeavored to locate those who risked their lives in rescuing Jews, in order to bestow upon them the title "Righteous among Gentiles", to award them a special medal.
The medal's obverse depicts two hands clutching a rescue line spun from barbed wire strands. The barbed wire lines emerge from empty space but the rescue line enfolds the globe and serves as a handle by which to rotate it (a symbolic expression of the idea that it is deeds such as performed by the rescuers that make the world go around). The globe is surrounded by an inscription "He who saves one soul is like he who saved a whole world".
The reverse shows a schematic version of Yad Vashem and the memorial hill in Jerusalem. In the center, the Hebrew inscription "A token of gratitude from the Jewish people". Below, the French translation, and the French translation of "He who saves one soul is like he who saved the whole world".
The law that established "Yad Vashem - commemorating the Holocaust and heroism, 5723, 1953" states in a special section that it is the duty of the Remembrance Authority to commemorate the deeds of the "Righteous among Gentiles who risked their lives in order to rescue Jews". Although there were not many to be found in the countries conquered by the Nazi's, they were distinguished for their valor and acts of heroism, deserving to be honored as outstanding people to be remembered by future generations. A special commission, set up by "Yad Vashem", gathered evidence from survivors and endeavored to locate those who risked their lives in rescuing Jews, in order to bestow upon them the title "Righteous among Gentiles", to award them a special medal.
The medal's obverse depicts two hands clutching a rescue line spun from barbed wire strands. The barbed wire lines emerge from empty space but the rescue line enfolds the globe and serves as a handle by which to rotate it (a symbolic expression of the idea that it is deeds such as performed by the rescuers that make the world go around). The globe is surrounded by an inscription "He who saves one soul is like he who saved a whole world".
The reverse shows a schematic version of Yad Vashem and the memorial hill in Jerusalem. In the center, the Hebrew inscription "A token of gratitude from the Jewish people". Below, the French translation, and the French translation of "He who saves one soul is like he who saved the whole world".