Elisabeth Hesselblad holds the title Righteous Among the Nations, given by Yad Vashem to those who saved Jews during the Holocaust at risk to themselves.
The record lists Elisabeth Hesselblad as Swedish religious foundress (1870–1957).
Elisabeth Hesselblad was born at Fåglavik in 1870. Her recorded nationality is Sweden.
By occupation Elisabeth Hesselblad was nurse, nun and founder of catholic religious community - which is the point worth holding onto: the rescuers were not a special class of person.
Most rescuers said afterwards that they had done nothing remarkable. The historical record disagrees, which is the point of recording it.
Recognition: Righteous Among the Nations (2004).
Elisabeth Hesselblad died in 1957, aged 87. The people saved, and their descendants, are the part of the record that continues.
Achievements
- Righteous Among the Nations — 2004
- Worked as nurse, nun and founder of Catholic religious community
