Plaque awarded by the Israeli Knesset to honor a Righteous Gentile

Object | Accession Number: 1999.168.4

Overview

Brief Narrative: Plaque awarded to Reverend John Grauel in 1986 by the Israeli Parliament. It nominates Grauel as a Righteous Gentile for his actions during the Exodux 1947 crisis.
Date: received: 1986 August 01
commemoration: 1947
Geography: issue: Jerusalem
Credit Line: United States Holocaust Memorial Museum Collection, Gift of Saliba Sarsar

Physical Details

Language: English
Classification: Awards
Category: Commemorative awards
Object Type: Plaques, plaquettes (lcsh)
Physical Description: commemorative plaque
Materials: overall : wood, brass

Rights & Restrictions

Conditions on Access: No restrictions on access
Conditions on Use: No restrictions on use

Administrative Notes

Legal Status: Permanent Collection
Provenance: The plaque was donated to the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum in 1999 by Saliba Sarsar.

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Object

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