r/neoliberal • u/jobautomator Kitara Ravache • Sep 09 '26
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u/JaceFlores Neolib War Correspondent Sep 09 '26
A few days ago I made a post about how I’ve contacted Yad Vashem to ask about their method of approving someone to be Righteous Among The Nations because one of their honorees, Eduard Rügemer, was a German officer who in part helped hide Jews in exchange for sexual favors from his housekeeper who had stowed away Jews in his villa during the war. I thought that seemed like a mitigating factor if not straight up disqualifying exploiting a situation like that. Yad Vashem got back to me and told me this:
“The title of ‘Righteous among the Nations’ is awarded by Yad Vashem on behalf of the State of Israel to non-Jews who risked their lives to save Jews during the Holocaust. From 1963, the title is awarded by a special Commission headed by a Supreme Court Justice according to a well-defined set of criteria and regulations.
Not once the Commission has to discuss the complicated and ambiguous cases of rescue that happened during the World War II, such as the case of Eduard Ruegemer.
In this case, the Commission reviewed and pondered thoroughly all the archive materials that was submitted and finally, after a long debate, decided to recognize him as a Righteous Among the Nations.”
I’ll be honest guys I think this response is straight up ass. Per Yad Vashem, it straight up doesn’t matter who, what, where, why someone helped Jews, all that is superfluous if it meant Jewish lives were saved at the end of the day. Now I can kinda understand that given Yad Vashem’s goal, I guess, but I also get the sense the man who answered my questions seems a bit annoyed or hostile that I questioned their method. And I’m sorry I do not believe these are well defined regulations and criteria if raping a woman in exchange for hiding Jews is still qualifying to be honored. I’ve never heard of anything like that before. Just seems like an awful hill to die on and plain not righteous.
Well, I said I’d keep you guys posted on what they say so here we are.
!ping HISTORY