32a) Croatian Righteous Among the Nations

Tihomil Beritić

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Tihomil Beritić (1919–1999) was a Croatianphysician.

Born in Herceg Novi, he graduated from the School of Medicine, University of Zagreb in 1943, where he obtained his Ph.D. in 1980. His research focus was hematology and toxicology. He spent most of his career at the Institute for Medical Research and Occupational Health in Zagreb as the founder and head of the Occupational Disease Department. He was also a long-time editor of professional journals Liječnički vjesnik and Arhiv za higijenu rada i toksikologiju.

Beritić was primarily engaged in toxicology research of heavy metals, especially lead poisoning. He studied the effects of lead poisoning on the nervous system and kidneys, as well as therapeutic treatments for lead poisoning. He proved that the lead neuropathy is a motor neuron disease.

Beritić was a full member of the Croatian Academy of Sciences and Arts, and the chairman of its Allergology Committee. He was an honorary president of the Croatian Toxicological Society.

Beritić was named one of Righteous among the Nations in 1994 as he and his mother, Zina-Gertruda Beritić, had sheltered a Jewish child during World War II^[1]

List of Croatian Righteous Among the Nations

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This is the list of Croatian Righteous Among the Nations. 102 Croatians were honored with this title by the state of Israel for saving Jewsduring World War II.

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• Antunac, Ivan
• Bartulović, Olga and Dragica (Split)
• Bauer, Čedomir and Branko (Zagreb)
• Bedrica, Mate
• Belić, Jozefina
• Belić-Peternel, Đurđa
• Benčević, Antun and Mira
• Beritić, Zina-Gertruda and Tihomil, (Zagreb)
• Bjelajec, Ivana
• Borić, Nevenka (posthumously)
• Breskvar, Ivan
• Buterin, Matej (Zadar)
• Božić, Marko
• Car, Marija and Karel
• Carnelutti, Alfred, Vera and Mario (Zagreb)
• Crndić, Anka (posthumously)
• Čekada, Smiljan Franjo (Catholic bishop in Skopje)
• 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) - he was the first Croatian Righteous Among the Nations in 1965
• Janković, Stjepan - Catholic priest in the village of Lukač near Čakovec
• Jesih, Dragutin - Catholic priest
• Jurić, Andrija and Nikola (Pelješac)
• Jurin, Cecilija and Karitas - Catholic nuns
• Kalogjera, Ante (posthumously)
• Kalogjera, Jakša
• Kapetanović family
• Kirec, Miroslav
• Kovačević family (posthumously)
• 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)
• Lončar, Darko
• Malčić, Juca
• Milharčić-Vlahović, Lujza
• Milošević, Ante
• Milošević, Vid Andrija
• Obradović, Olga and Ida
• Oružec, Kata and Đuro
• Oštrić, Anka (Zagreb)
• Pavlović, Amadeja (posthumously) - Mother Superior of the Convent of the Sisters of the Holy Cross in Djakovo
• Podolski, Štefanija
• Poklepović, Andrija
• Praschek, Bronislawa and Wladislaw
• Pribilović, Josip
• Radonić, Antica and Jakov
• Roić, Boris
• Roussal, Vera (aka Roušal)
• Saračević, Elza, Feris, Sead and Emira - Sead Saračević was a journalist from Zagreb
• Silobrčić, Mihovil
• Sopianac, Franjo and Lela
• Šiljeg, Pera and Stanko (Metković) (posthumously)
• Štefan, Lujo and Ljubica
• Taborski, Emanuel and Mandica
• Till, Adam
• Ujević, Mate - Lexicographer who compiled the Croatian Encyclopedia (1938-1945)
• Vranetić, Ivan
• Vuletić, Ante
• Žagar, Ljuba or Ljubica

Names and Numbers of Righteous Among the Nations - per Country & Ethnic Origin, as of January 1, 2015 

The numbers of Righteous are not necessarily an indication of the actual number of rescuers in each country, but reflect the cases that were made available to Yad Vashem. 
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Albania	73	Italy	634
Armenia	24	Japan	1
Austria	104	Latvia	134
Belarus	608	Lithuania	877
Belgium	1,690	Luxembourg	1
Bosnia	42	Macedonia	10
Brazil	2	Moldova	79
Bulgaria	20	Montenegro	1
Chile	1	Netherlands**	5,413
China	2	Norway	59
Croatia	111	Peru	1
Cuba	1	Poland	6,532
Czech Republic	115	Portugal	3
Denmark*	22	Romania	60
Ecuador	1	Russia	197
Egypt	1	Serbia	135
El Salvador	1	Slovakia	546
Estonia	3	Slovenia	7
France	3,853	Spain	7
Georgia	1	Sweden	10
Germany	569	Switzerland	45
Great Britain (Incl. Scotland)	21	Turkey	1
Greece	321	Ukraine	2,515
Hungary	823	USA	4
Indonesia	2	Vietnam	1
Ireland	1
Total: 25,685

* The Danish Underground requested that all its members who participated in the rescue of the Jewish community not be listed individually, but commemorated as one group.

** Includes two persons originally from Indonesia, but residing in the Netherlands.

About Statistics

The question is often asked what can be learned from the numbers of Righteous and from the proportions between different nations about attitudes and the scope of rescue in the respective countries.

It needs to be noted that the numbers of Righteous recognized do not reflect the full extent of help given by non-Jews to Jews during the Holocaust; they are rather based on the material and documentation that was made available to Yad Vashem. Most Righteous were recognized following requests made by the rescued Jews. Sometimes survivors could not overcome the difficulty of grappling with the painful past and didn’t come forward; others weren’t aware of the program or couldn’t apply, especially people who lived behind the Iron Curtain during the years of Communist regime in Eastern Europe; other survivors died before they could make the request. An additional factor is that most cases that are recognized represent successful attempts; the Jews survived and came forward to tell Yad Vashem about them.

For example: Researchers estimate that 5000-7,000  Jews went underground in Berlin. They are the so-called U-Boote (submarines), who made the difficult choice to enter an illegal existence rather than be deported. Only a quarter of them – around 1200-1500 Jews – survived. It is unknown how many were killed in the bombing of Berlin, but all the others were caught and deported. For lack of information and evidence, not all the Germans who risked their lives to help these Jews were honored.

Before drawing any statistical conclusions about the proportions between different countries, one should bear in mind that although the Holocaust was a global and total attempt to annihilate the Jews all over occupied Europe, there were important differences between countries – differences in the number of Jews, the implementation of the Final Solution, the type of German or other administration, the historical backdrop, the makeup of the Jewish community, Germany’s attitude to the local population and the extent of danger to those who helped Jews, and a multitude of other factors that influenced the disposition and attitudes of local populations and the feasibility of rescue.

(From Wikipedia.org)