List of Croatian Righteous Among the Nations

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This is the list of Croatian Righteous Among the Nations. 115 Croatians were honored with this title by the state of Israel for saving Jews during World War II. One of the most notable, Sister Amadeja Pavlović (28 January 1895 – 26 November 1971), was the Superior of the Croatian province of the Sisters of Mercy of the Holy Cross in Đakovo from 1943-55. She rescued Zdenka Grunbaum, then a ten year old girl from Osijek; Grunbaum's family was killed in Đakovo.

Grunbaum later moved to America, and started the initiative to have Pavlović recognized as Righteous Among the Nations. Pavlović was recognized as Righteous Among the Nations by Yad Vashem in 2008; Croatian president Stjepan Mesić attended the ceremony.

List

Antunac, Ivan

Bartulović, Olga and Dragica (Split)

Bauer, Čedomir and Bauer, Branko (Zagreb)

Bedrica, Mate

Belajec, Ivana (Kovačević)

Belić, Jozefina

Belić-Peternel, Đurđa

Benčević, Antun and Mira

Beritić, Tihomil and Zina-Gertruda (Zagreb)

Borić, Nevenka (posthumously)

Breskvar, Ivan

Buterin, Matej (Zadar)

Božić, Marko

Car, Marija and Karel

Carnelutti, Alfred, Vera, and Mario (Zagreb)

Crndić, Anka (posthumously)

Čekada, Rt. Rev. Smiljan Franjo (Catholic bishop in Skopje; later Archbishop of Vrhbosna {Sarajevo}

Deletis, Ratimir

Djerek, Agata (posthumously)

Dolinar, Žarko and Boris

Eberhard, Josip and Rozika

Ercegović, Miho and Velimir (Zagreb)

Filipović, Krista and Marijan (Zagreb) - Author of Bobi i Rudi

Fuchs, Ruža

Fulgosi, Ante

Griner, Franjo and Lidija

Guina, Marija (Makarska)

Hocenski, Milica and Franjo (posthumously)

Horvat, Pavao (Karlovac) - the first named Croatian Righteous Among the Nations (in 1965)

Hrnkas, Jozo & Katica (Crnković)

Janković, Father Stjepan - Catholic priest in the village of Lukač near Čakovec

Jesih, Father Dragutin - Catholic priest who was murdered

Jurić, Andrija and Nikola (Pelješac)

Jurin, Jožica (Sister Cecilija) - Catholic nun

Kalogjera, Ante (posthumously)

Kalogjera, Jakša

Kapetanović family

Kirec, Miroslav

Kovačević,, Pavao & Katarina (and children: Anna, Katarina, Marija, Petar, Franjo)

Kovačić, Hedviga and Vinko (posthumously)

Kraljević, Ada and Ivo

Krtić, Franjo

Kudlik, Bela and Katarina

Kumrić, Iva and Tomo

Lang, Ljubica (posthumously)

Lončar, Ankica (posthumously) and son, Darko

Malčić, Juca

Milharčić-Vlahović, Lujza

Milošević, Ante

Milošević, Vid Andrija

Obradović, Olga and Ida

Oružec, Kata and Đuro

Oštrić, Anka (Zagreb)

Pavlović, Sister Amadeja (posthumously; see lede) - Superior of the Croatian province of the Sisters of Mercy of the Holy Cross in Đakovo

Pirović, Marija (Sister Karitas) - Catholic nun

Podolski, Štefanija

Poklepović, Andrija

Pribilović, Josip

Radonić, Antica and Jakov

Roić, Boris

Roussal (or Roušal), Vera

Saračević, Elza, Feris, Sead and Emira - Sead Saračević was a journalist from Zagreb

Silobrčić, Mhovil

Sopianac, Franjo and Lela

Šiljeg, Pera and Stanko (Metković) (posthumously)

Štefan, Lujo and Ljubica

Taborski, Emanuel and Mandica

Till, Adam (of German descent; Bosnia-Herzegovina)

Ujević, Mate - Lexicographer who compiled the Croatian Encyclopedia (1938-1945)

Vranetić, Ivan (Topusko)

Vuletić, Ante

Žagar, Ljubica

References

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