Elisabeth of Bavaria, Queen of the Belgians is recorded at Yad Vashem as Righteous Among the Nations - one of the non-Jews who risked everything to save Jewish lives during the Holocaust.
The record lists Elisabeth of Bavaria, Queen of the Belgians as Queen of the Belgians from 1909 to 1934 (1876–1965).
Elisabeth of Bavaria, Queen of the Belgians was born at Possenhofen in 1876. Her recorded nationality is Belgium.
By occupation Elisabeth of Bavaria, Queen of the Belgians was photographer - which is the point worth holding onto: the rescuers were not a special class of person.
Yad Vashem's criteria are strict: the rescuer must have risked their life, liberty or position, and must have sought no payment. That is why the title carries the weight it does.
Recognition: Order of the White Eagle, Order of the Virtues, Order of the Gold Lion of the House of Nassau and Order of Queen Maria Luisa.
Elisabeth of Bavaria, Queen of the Belgians died in 1965, aged 89. The people saved, and their descendants, are the part of the record that continues.
Achievements
- Order of the White Eagle
- Order of the Virtues
- Order of the Gold Lion of the House of Nassau
- Order of Queen Maria Luisa
- Grand Cordon of the Order of Leopold
- Worked as photographer
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