List of the Righteous Among the Nations from Greece

The List of Righteous Among the Nations from Greece lists in alphabetical order those Greeks who were honored by the Yad Vashem Memorial with the Righteous Among the Nations , which is given to non-Jewish individuals who lost their lives under National Socialist rule during World War II used to save Jews from murder . So far, 355 Greeks have received the Righteous Among the Nations award (as of January 1, 2019). The specified years refer to the year in which the title was awarded.

A.


Joachim Alexopoulos , 1997 Alice von Battenberg , 1993 Dr. Kostas Anagnostopoulos , 1988 Angeliki Anagnostopoulou , 1990 Makrina Ananiadou , 1994 Ioannis Andriopoulos & Eleni Andriopoulos , 1994 Demitris Angelopoulos & Maria Angelopoulos , 1999 Georgios Angelopoulos & Paraskevi Angelopoulos , 1996	Tilemahos Apostolopoulos , 1995 Anton Artemis & Yelena Artemis , 2003 George Assimacopoulos & Aphrodite Assimacopoulos , 2017 Panaiotis Assimacopoulos & Vasiliki Assimacopoulos , 1998 Nikolaos Athanasoulis , 2018 Kostas Athiridis & Vasiliki Athiridis (Avaropoulou), 2017 Petros Axiopoulos , 1994

B.

Vasiliki Betsou & Nikolas Betsou , 1992

C.


Constanta Constantina , 2013 Helene Capart , 1969 Andreas Cargados , 1992 Dimitrios Chamandas & Andigoni Chamandas , 1998	Michalis Chiotis & wife Chiotis , 1995 Lambros Chomatas & Zoee Chomatas , 2009 Anna Chrisaki , 1993 Efthymios Christopoulos , 2017 Bishop Chrysostom of Zakynthos , 1978

D.


Monsignor Theophilos Damaskinos , 1969 see Damaskinos Papandreou Alekos Davis , & Yanula Davis ; his brothers Yanis Davis & Pagona Davis , 1999	Stavros Nik. Diamantis , 1987 Virginia Dimitriadou , (Rovolopoulos) & children Nikolaos Dimitriadou & Fani Dimitriadou , 2009 Kosta Doukas & Ageliki Doukas , 2006

E.


Athanassios Efraimoglou , 1985 Angelos Evert , 1969 (former police chief and father of Miltiadis Evert ) Nicolaos Fatles & Fani Fatles , 2009	Antonios Fix & Elly Fix , 2004 (former owner of the Fix brewery ) Maria Frangou ; Daughters Marina Frangou , Sofia Frangou , Despina Frangou , 2003

F.

Vasso Fassoula , 2015

G


Yiorgios Alexiadis Gennadios , ( Metropolitan ) 1969 Evangelia Georgiadou , 1986 Mikhail Glykas , 1969	Leonidas Gorgias & Despo Gorgias, 1989 Anastasia Gotzili , 1990 Georgos Gouramani & Polixeni Gouramani , 2006

H


Eleni Hala , 1988 Panos Haldezos , 1994 Angelos Halikias , 2013	Dimitrios Halkidis , 1992 Evangelos Hamilothoris , 1994 Maria Holeva , 1968

I.


Ioannis Iatrou , 2000	Themos Ioannidis & Aspasia Ioannidis , 1994

J

Sister Joseph , 1987

K


Pandelis Kalinikidis & Safo Kalinikidis , 1986 Pericles Kallidopoulos & son Aleksandros Kallidopoulos , 1989 Pavlos Alexandrou Kalligas & his brother Stefanos Alexandrou Kalligas & his daughter Julia Kalligas , 2009 Georgos Kaloyeromitros , 1987 Stylianos Kapsomenos & Angheliki Kapsomenos , 1990 Ioannis Karafotakis & Eleni Karafotakis , 1984 Georgios Karakotsos & Phedra Karakotsos , 2001 Kostandino Karamali , 2006 Lampros Karamertzanis & Stefania Karamertzanis , 1991 Ilias Karamitsopoulos & Elisavet Karamitsopoulos , 2012 Nestoras Karamitsopoulos , 2011 Mihail Karavokiros , 1994 Lela Karayanni , 2011 Yannis Karlaftis & Avrokomi Karlaftis , son of Vassilios Karlaftis , 1991 Lucas G. Karreri , 1978 Marina Katirzoglou , 1995 Afanisios Katsianis & Adriana Katsianis , 2001 Nikos Katsikorous , 1991 Maria Katziiani , daughters Kaiti Katziiani & Nano Katziiani , 1990 Philip Kavounidis & Catherine Kavounidis , 1987	Elias Kazantzis and sister Aggeliki Kazantzis , 2002 Sotiris Kaziktsis , 1991 Athanasios Kefalas & Vasiliki Kefalas , 1979 Constantine Kefalas & Catherine Kefalas , 1988 Ilias Kefalidis , 1989 Yanis Kendrotis , 2006 Aristidis Kestekides & Eftalia Kestekides , 1968 Georges Kilaiditis , 1981 Dimitri Kiriazopoulos & Olga Kiriazopoulos , 1992 Jozef Klaoudatos & Dimitra Klaoudatos , 1997 Emmanuel Koniordos , 1992 Stefanos Korfiatis & Magdalini Korfiatis , 1981 Petros Koroneos , parents: Tasos Koroneos & Teonia Koroneos , 1997 Zenophon Kosmidos & and his wife; Daughter Fifi Kosmidos , 1989 Emmanuel Kothris , 1989 Maria Kotsovou , 1987 Evangelos Koukoulas , 2009 Vasilios Krapsitis , 1970 Sofia Kritou , 1998

L.


Georgios Lanaras & Panagiota Lanaras , 2011 Yiorgos Lembessis & Litsa Lembessis , 1998 Joannis Leonidakis , son of Sotiris Leonidakis , 1996	Christos Lepouras , 1998 Mitsos Louris & Athina Louris , 1996

M.


Mihail Madoudis & Adamantia Madoudis , 1982 Dr. Panos Mahairas , 1981 Kostas Makopoulos & Agela Makopoulos , 1995 Ioannis Marangos , 2010 Agamemnon Martiridis & Evro Martiridis , 1989 Michail Mavridis & Eleni Mavridis , 2002 Kostas Mavrojanis & Popi Mavrojanis , 2001 Georges Mavros , 1994 Dina Melpomeni , 1994	Panos Michalopoulos & wife; Daughter Koula Michalopoulos , 1987 Ilias Mihalos & Katerina Mihalos , 1984 Cleopatra Minou , 1967 Yiorgos Mitzeliotis & Magdalini Mitzeliotis , 1981 Georges Morfis & Faidra Morfis , 1999 Haralambos Morikis & Chrysana Morikis , son of Epaminondas Morikis , 1989 Zoe Morou , 1998

N


Dr. Kostas Nikolaou , 1989	Michael Nomikos , 1987

O


Stavros Oikonomakos & Vassiliki Oikonomakos , 2013 Pavlos Omerides , 1988	Evangelos Orfanos & Maria Orfanos , children Voula Orfanos , Mina Orfanos & Alexios Orfanos , 1985

P


Nikolaos Pafilis , 1992 Dimitrios Pahakis , 1989 Manolis Paitakis , 1999 Yerassimos Paloumbis , 1983 Konstantina Panagopoulou , 1996 Sotiris Panayotopoulos & Ioanna Panayotopoulos , (Moumoutzi), 1994 Nicolaos Panayotos , 1990 Maria Panayotou , 1990 Antonia Panayotou-Kapsomenou , 1990 Konstantinos Pantzartzidis , brother Ioanis Pantzartzidis , 1991 Marika Papadantonaki , (sister of Vezerides P), 1996 Chryssanthi Papadimitriou , 1995 Isaac Papadopoulou & Efthymia Papadopoulou ; Daughter Mimitsa Melidou , 1994 Olympia Papadouka , 1985 Pipitsa Papaeconomou , 2015 Yiorgos Papalexandros & Anastassia Papalexandros , 1991 Dr. Christos Papastergiou , 1968	Sotiris Papastratis , 1988 Antonis Papadopoulos , 1984 Stratos Paraskevaidis , 1989 Evangelos Paravantis , 1990 Mrs. Paschalidis and her sons Orestis Paschalidis , Andrea Paschalidis & Iani Paschalidis , 1968 Danae Pavlidou , 1998 Konstantinos Pertopoulos & Evi Pertopoulos and their children Nikos Pertopoulos , Olga Pertopoulos , Kristina Pertopoulos , 1991 Manolis Petrakis & Antigoni Petrakis , 1976 Georgos Pianas , 1987 Evangelia Pispas & Thanasis Pispas , 2013 Vassilis Pondikis & Vassiliki Pondikis , 1990 Antela Potamianou and her daughter Athina Kontopoulou , 1992 Demosthenes Pouris , 1993 Georgi Psaropoulo and his daughter Olimpiada Psaropoulo , 1993 Maria Psaropoulos and children Ioannis Psaropoulos , Haralambos Psaropoulos , 1992

R.


Athanasios Rombos & Athena Rombos , 2009 Stefanos Rousmanis , 2009	Constantinos Rovolopoulos , 2009

S.


Nicos Sanikos & Eli Sanikos , 1985 Smaragda Sarafianou , 2002 Popi Saroglou , 1984 Hariklia Sayanou , 2004 Dr. Petros Scaramanga & Artemis Scaramanga , 1987 Thomas Sklavounos and children Kostas Sklavounos , Alexios Sklavounos , Panayota Sklavounos & Orsalia Sklavounos , 1985 Michael Skoulatos , 1978 Aristea Sotiriadou , 1990	Christos Spanopoulos & Sophia Spanopoulos , 1988 Ioannis Spentzou & his sister Tasia Spentzoum , 2002 Dimitris Spiliakos , 1987 Demitris Spiliotopoulos & Argiro Spiliotopoulos , 1999 Leandros Spiliotopoulos & Keti Spiliotopoulos , 1999 Tea Stabelou , 1987 Andreas Stassinopoulos , 1988 Georgios Spyridonos Stavridis , 2015 Bethlehem Sumbasi , 1994

T


Stasa Takaronis & son Panos Takaronis , 2001 Ioannis Themelis , 2009 Tasos Themelis & Zoe Themelis , 1990 George Theodorakis (Righteous Among the Nations) & Polymnia Theodorakis , 2011 Ioannis Theoharis , 2008 Evlambia Tokatlido , 1989 Niko Tokatlido & his brother Polixeny Tokatlido , 1994 Michael Triantafillou & Persephone Triantafillou ; Children Avra Triantafillou , Olympos Triantafillou , Perseus Triantafillou , 1988	Alekos Tripoulas , 1988 Elias Tsapouris & Sofia Tsapouris & son George Tsapouris , 1987 Vasiliki Tsaridou , 1988 Ioanna Tsatsou , 1989 Nicolaos Tsimopoulos & Olga Tsimopoulos , 2008 Panayiotis Tsirigakis , 1988 Irenee Typaldos , 1969 Panayotis Tzortzas , 1989

V


Jean Vamvakaris and sister Frosso Vamvakaris , 1993 Anastasios Vasatis , 1989 Grigoris Vassiliadis , 1998 Alice Velliou & John Velliou , 1994 Dimitri Veveleko & Theodora Veveleko , 2002 Panayiotis Vezeridis and mother Ekaterini Vezeridis , 1996	Solon Vgenopoulou & Eleftheria-Lulu Vgenopoulou , 2002 Athina Vlachos & Georgios Vlachos , 2015 Dimitrios Vlastaris , 1969 Apostolos Voliotis & Maria Voliotis , 2015 Maria Voudouroglou and son Antonis Voudouroglou , 1992 Dimitrios Vranopoulos , 1969

X


Eftima Xantopolos , 1989 Stylianos Xirouhakis & Damaskini Xirouhakis and children: Athena Xirouhakis , Antonis Xirouhakis , Stratis Xirouhakis , Manolis Xirouhakis ,	Marika Xirouhakis , 1999 Pelagia Xygala & Georgios Xygala , 2000

Y

Elias Yannopoulou & Popi Yannopoulou , 1971

Z


Dimitris Zannas , 1989 Spiros Zervos , 1986	Petros Zographos & Irinis Zographos , 1971 Panos Zolamopolos , 2001

Web links

Greek Righteous Gentiles in the Holocaust, A Renewed Look and Their Current State of Being Recognized ” (PDF; 20 kB)

Individual evidence

↑ Names and Numbers of Righteous Among the Nations - per Country & Ethnic Origin, as of January 1, 2019. Retrieved February 2, 2020 .
↑ Yiorgos & Magdalini Mitzeliotis - their activities Jews during the Holocaust to save the life on which Vashem Yad website

[1] Names and Numbers of Righteous Among the Nations - per Country & Ethnic Origin, as of January 1, 2019. Retrieved February 2, 2020 .

[2] Yiorgos & Magdalini Mitzeliotis - their activities Jews during the Holocaust to save the life on which Vashem Yad website