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Last update - 21:56 08/08/2007 Yad Vashem honors Romanian gentile who saved Jews during WWII By The Associated Press Tags: righteous gentiles, holocaust  Israel's Holocaust museum Yad Vashem on Wednesday posthumously honored a Romanian reserves officer who blocked the deportation of Romanian Jews to Nazi death camps during World War II. Theodor Criveanu was inducted into Yad Vashem's "Righteous among the Nations" group of non-Jews who rescued Jews from the Nazis. His son, Willie Criveanu, accepted the award on his behalf. Six million European Jews were killed by German Nazis and their collaborators during World War II. The 20,000 Jews of Czernowitz, Romania, were interned during the war and slated for deportation to death camps. As a reserves officer in the Romanian army, Criveanu was assigned the task of presenting authorities with a list of Jews who were required to work in the ghetto and were thus spared deportation. Advertisement According to testimonies given to Yad Vashem, Criveanu risked his own life by handing out permits beyond the allowed limit. He also included in his lists numerous Jews who were not necessarily essential to the work force. Yad Vashem said it could not estimate how many Jews he had saved. Criveanu married the daughter of one of the Jews he saved. He died in Romania in 1988. "My father's life was based on justness, correctness. He was a great humanitarian; that was his nature," his son said at the ceremony. "He was a gift from God for my mother's family and to so many more." More than 21,000 non-Jews have been honored by Yad Vashem, including Oskar Schindler, whose efforts to save more than 1,000 Jews was documented in the Oscar award-winning film Schindler's List. In total, 53 Romanian righteous gentiles have been honored. Bookmark to del.icio.us   'British Oskar Schindler' Nicholas Winton, who saved 669 Jewish children during the Holocaust, is up for the Nobel. Pride of Israel Tennis: Shahar Peer beats Russia's Dinara Safina to give Israel 1-0 lead in the Fed Cup.   1.   romanian who saved jews 18:38  |  scanadu 08/08/07   2.   Scanadu 19:35  |  Listener 08/08/07   3.   one can only wonder 19:43  |  don 08/08/07   4.   Talkback rules flouted 20:46  |  Tzvi 08/08/07   5.   #3 don: You are "one can only wonder", but it is clear: 20:50  |  Vittorio 08/08/07   6.   HMMM........1988 THAT`S SOME 20 YEARS 20:57  |  Robert 08/08/07   7.   Answer to Don 21:10  |  Lolita Cohen 08/08/07   8.   don is a perfect example of why the Palestinian cause failed 21:11  |  Jake 08/08/07   9.   3. don 21:53  |  KUTW 08/08/07   10.   Multumesc, Domn Criveanu 22:18  |  Johnny Weintraub 08/08/07   11.   Reply to Scanadu (Post No. 1) 22:29  |  Johnny Weintraub 08/08/07   12.   Don this has been done, Rabin/Peres Nobels to the Jews` detriment 22:44  |  Genuine Tosefta 08/08/07   13.   romanian jews 22:56  |  jorge 08/08/07   14.   Pathetic Don 23:02  |  Judith 08/08/07   15.   What Yad Vashem has honoured do not dishonour 23:11  |  Ploni 08/08/07   16.   Podul Iloaiei 23:14  |  David 08/08/07   17.   Reply to Robert in Tel Aviv (Post No. 6) 23:18  |  Johnny Weintraub 08/08/07   18.   JOHNNY WEINTRAUB 00:46  |  amnon 09/08/07   19.   #3 02:05  |  Ryan 09/08/07   20.   response to Don # 3 11:38  |  Sylvia 09/08/07   21.   TKS. FOR ELABORATING JOHNNY! 20:34  |  Robert 09/08/07

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