Mordecai Paldiel, for 23 years at the head of the Department of the Righteous of Yad Vashem (over 18,000 Righteous were recognized under his direction), a member of the Sousa Mendes Foundation and Professor of Holocaust Studies in the USA, sent a message to Gariwo on the occasion of the Day of the Righteous 2021.
The message also speaks of the willingness to collaborate with Gariwo for the creation of a Universal Garden of the Righteous in Whashington DC near the Holocaust Museum.