Among the names Yad Vashem honours as Righteous Among the Nations is Maria Skobtsova.
The record lists Maria Skobtsova as Russian saint (1891–1945).
Maria Skobtsova was born at Riga in 1891. Her recorded nationality is Russian Empire. She was educated at St. Sergius Institute.
By occupation Maria Skobtsova was poet, writer and french resistance fighter - 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: Righteous Among the Nations (1985) and Order of the Patriotic War, 2nd class.
Maria Skobtsova died in 1945, aged 54. The people saved, and their descendants, are the part of the record that continues.
Achievements
- Righteous Among the Nations — 1985
- Order of the Patriotic War, 2nd class
- Worked as poet, writer and French resistance fighter
- Educated at St. Sergius Institute
