List of German Righteous Among the Nations explained

, Yad Vashem recognised 651 Righteous Among the Nations from Germany.^{[1] [2] [3]}

A

• Elisabeth Abegg (1882–1974), recognised 1967
• Willi Ahrem (1902–1967), recognised 1965
• Maria and Adolf Althoff (1913–1998), recognised 1995
• Ruth Andreas-Friedrich (1901–1977), recognised 2002
• Aurelius Arkenau (1900–1991), recognised 1998
• Hugo Armann (1917–1989), recognised 1985
• Heinrich Aschoff (1893–1958), recognised 1965

B

• (1916–1953), recognised 1979
• Cläre Barwitzky (1913–1989), recognised 1991
• Albert Battel (1891–1952), recognised 1981
• Gitta Bauer (1919–1990), recognised 1985
• Katharina Bayerwaltes (1914–2011), recognised 2006
• Berthold Beitz (1913–2013), recognised 1973
• Else Beitz (1920–2014), recognised 2006
• (1893–1975), recognised 1979
• Willi Bleicher (1907–1981), recognised 1965
• Marie and (1926–present), recognised 1994
• Marie Burde (June 9, 1892 – July 12, 1963), recognised 2012
• Otto Busse, recognised 1968

C

• Hans Georg Calmeyer (1903–1973), recognised 1992
• (1892–1983), recognised 1969
• Eva Cassirer (1920–2009), recognised 2011 alongside her mother Hanna Sotschek
• , recognised 2006

D

• Luise and (1897–1975), recognised 1991
• Hildehard and (1903–1969), recognised 2008
• Hans von Dohnanyi (1902–1945), recognised 2003
• (1880–1954), Elfriede and Heinz Drossel (1916–2008), recognised 1999
• Georg Ferdinand Duckwitz (1904–1973), recognised 1971

E

• Johanna Eck (1888–1979), recognised 1973
• Gottfried von Einem (1918–1996), recognised 2002
• (1898–1975), recognised 2013

F

• Hans Fittko, husband of Lisa Fittko; recognised 2000
• Elisabeth Flügge (1895–1983), recognised 1976
• Evert Baron Freytag von Loringhoven, recognised 1967
• Karin Friedrich (1925–2015), recognised 2004
• (b. 1908), recognised 1975
• (1902–1986), recognised 1973
• , recognised 1995

G

• Karl Max and Auguste Gehre (1898–1972), recognised 1988
• (1887–1975) and (1892–1986), recognised 1991
• (1884–1971), recognised 1967
• (1911–2007), recognised 1991
• Hermann Friedrich Graebe (1900–1986), recognised 1965
• Georg (1904–1944) and Anneliese Groscurth (1910–1996), recognised 2005
• Heinrich Grüber (1891–1975), recognised 1964
• (1912–1999), recognised 1986
• (1903–1986), recognised 1984
• (1905–1961), recognised 2017
• (1899–1981), recognised 1971

H

• Wilhelm Hammann (1897–1955), recognised 1984
• , recognised 1966
• (1896–1970), recognised 1963
• Robert Havemann (1910–1982), recognised 2005
• Fritz Heine (1904–2002), recognised 1986
• (1898–1989), recognised 1969
• (1897–1957), recognised 2003
• (1900–1986), wife of Eberhard Helmrich; recognised 1986
• (1899–1969), husband of Donata Helmrich; recognised 1965
• (1894–1942), recognised 1972
• Herbert Herden (1915–2009), recognised 2004
• (1900–1997) and Carl Hermann (1898–1961), recognised 1976
• Josef and (1912–1991), recognised 2001
• Helene and Joseph Höffner (1906–1987), recognised 2003
• , recognised 1971
• Helene Holzman (1891–1968), recognised 2005
• Wilhelm Hosenfeld (1895–1952), recognised 2008
• (1893–1967), recognised 2001
• (1907–2002), recognised 2015

I

• Frieda Impekoven (b. 1880), recognised 1966

J

• Helene Jacobs (1906–1993), recognised 1983
• (1920–1984), recognised 1982
• (1929–2011), recognised 1982

K

• Margarete and (1895–1974), recognised 2006
• Helmut Kleinicke (1907–1979), recognised 2018
• (1881–1976), recognised 1969
• Walter Kraemer (1892–1941), recognised 1999
• Johanna and Lothar Kreyssig (1898–1986), recognised 2016
• (1909–1972), recognised 1964
• (b. 1915), recognised 2011

L

• (1915–1992), recognised 2002
• Bernhard Lichtenberg (1875–1943), recognised 2004
• Max Liedtke (1894–1955), recognised 1993
• Maria and (1882–1942), recognised 1992
• Gertrud Luckner (1900–1995), recognised 1966

M

• Hermann Maas (1877–1970), recognised 1964
• (1910–1988), recognised 2016
• Maria von Maltzan (1909–1997), recognised 1987
• Gerhard Marquardt (1904–1983), recognised 1985
• (1891–1972), recognised 1995
• (1895–1979), recognised 2001
• (1885–1964), recognised 2001
• (1897–1953), recognised 2006
• (1898–1972), recognised 1994
• Maimi von Mirbach (1899–1984), recognised 1981
• Gertrud and (1897–1978), recognised 1970
• (1885–1967), recognised 2001
• , recognised 1984

N

• (1894–1963), recognised 2011
• Hilde and (1893–1988), recognised 1981
• (1898–1976), recognised 1985

O

• (1897–1989) and (1902–1984), recognised 2006
• , recognised 1978
• (1900–1978), recognised 1996
• , recognised 2015
• (1926–1995), recognised 1990 alongside her parents Albert and Maria Meier

P

• Hubert Pentrop (born 1895), recognised 1965
• (1922–2012), recognised 2006
• Karl Plagge (1897–1957), recognised 2004
• Dorothee and Harald Poelchau (1903–1972), recognised 1971
• (1883–1946) and (1886–1964), recognised 2013
• Hedwig Porschütz (1900–1977), recognised 2012 alongside her mother Hedwig Völker

R

• (1914–1999), recognised 1977
• Eberhard Rebling (1911–2008), recognised 2007
• Irmgard and Friedrich Reck-Malleczewen (1884–1945), recognised 2014
• (1989–1944), recognised 2005
• (1901–1944), recognised 2005
• (1901–1981), recognised 2003
• (1906–1943), recognised 1995
• (1883–1955), recognised 2012
• (1869–1944), recognised 2004

S

• (1882–1945), recognised 2001
• Hildegard Schaeder (1902–1984), recognised 2000
• Elisabeth Schiemann (1881–1972), recognised 2014
• Oskar (1908–1974) and Emilie Schindler (1907–2001), recognised 1993
• Barthel Schink (1927–1944), recognised 1982
• (born 1906), recognised 2004
• Elisabeth Schmitz (1893–1977), recognised 2011
• (1908–2004), recognised 1977
• , recognised 1968
• Gustav Schröder (1885–1959), recognised 1993
• Hanning Schröder (1896–1987), recognised 1978
• Eduard Schulte (1891–1966), recognised 1988
• (1899–1975), recognised 1968
• (1896–1967), recognised 2006
• Helmuth and Annemarie Sell, recognised 1981
• Bernhard Sickmann, recognised 1965
• Heinrich Silkenbömer, recognised 1965
• Hans Söhnker (1903–1981), recognised 2017
• Margarete Sommer (1893–1965), recognised 2003
• (1890–1961), recognised 2001
• Fritz Strassmann (1902–1980), recognised 1985
• Utje and Friedrich Strindberg (1897–1978), recognised 2001
• Bernhard Südfeld, recognised 1965
• (1893–1942), recognised 1979
• Isolde and (1911–2009), recognised 2002
• (1897–1962), recognised 2013

T

• Gina and Edwin Tietjens (1894–1944), recognised 1997
• Ilse Totzke (1913–1987), recognised 1995

W

• Hans Walz (1883–1974), recognised 1969
• (1898–1989), recognised 1974
• Armin T. Wegner (1886–1978), recognised 1967
• Otto Weidt (1883–1947), recognised 1971
• (1891–1946) and (1913–1977), recognised 1975
• Ludwig Wörl (1906–1967), recognised 1963
• Lilly Wust (1913–2006), recognised 1995

Z

• Joachim von Zedtwitz (1910–2001), recognised 1994
• (1884–1974), recognised 2000

External links

• Daniel Fraenkel, The German Righteous Among the Nations at yadvashem.org.

Notes and References

1. Statistics: Web site: Names of Righteous by Country. Yad Vashem. 1 January 2022. 26 September 2023.
2. List of individuals: Web site: Righteous Among the Nations Honored by Yad Vashem by 1 January 2019 — GERMANY. Yad Vashem. 1 January 2019. 28 October 2019.
3. Individual information: Web site: The Righteous Among the Nations Database. Yad Vashem. 28 October 2019.