Eberhard Helmrich
Eberhard Helmrich (born August 24, 1899 in Hamburg ; † 1969 ) was a German resistance fighter against National Socialism .
As a Wehrmacht officer in occupied Galicia , he supplied a. a. Jewish hospital patients with food and, together with his wife Donata Helmrich, saved the lives of numerous persecuted Jews.
He was honored with the Federal Cross of Merit and as Righteous Among the Nations .
His daughter is the politician Cornelia Schmalz-Jacobsen .
literature
- Lexicon of the Righteous Among the Nations , German edition 2005, pp. 145f.
- Cornelia Schmalz-Jacobsen : Russian Summer. My memories of the liberation from the Nazi regime. C. Bertelsmann, Munich 2016, ISBN 9783570103111
Web links
- Honoring Yad Vashem
- Eberhard Helmrich , in: Lexicon of the Righteous Among the Nations: Germans and Austrians , p. 145f.
- »I was not afraid of the Russians« Interview with Cornelia Schmalz-Jacobsen about the liberation in 1945, German guilt and responsibility, also about her father, Neues Deutschland , May 7th, 2020
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| SURNAME | Helmrich, Eberhard |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German resistance fighters against National Socialism |
| DATE OF BIRTH | August 24, 1899 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Hamburg |
| DATE OF DEATH | 1969 |