Jerusalem, July 2026 – A profound quiet sits over the Garden of the Righteous Among the Nations at the Yad Vashem Holocaust Remembrance Center. Engraved into stone tablets are thousands of names – individuals who chose humanity and righteousness during mankind’s darkest hour, often risking their own lives and those of their families.

At Sector 30, where the 2004 inductees are memorialized, a clear inscription stands out against the Jerusalem limestone:

GEORGIA 2004 גרוזיה METREVELI SERGEI

This is the only official entry on the Yad Vashem memorial wall honoring an ethnic Georgian. Sergo (Sergei) Metreveli was posthumously bestowed the title of Righteous Among the Nations in recognition of his extraordinary heroism in saving Jewish lives during World War........

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