Erik Perwe

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Monument to Erik Perwe in Norrköping
Swedish Church in Berlin-Wilmersdorf, Erik Perwe's place of work from 1942 to 1944

Erik Perwe (born January 1, 1905 in Karlskrona , Sweden ; † November 29, 1944 in the Baltic Sea ) was a Swedish pastor and opponent of National Socialism .

Life

After his training, Erik Perwe first became pastor in the parish of Hedvig in Norrköping .

On March 26, 1933, he married the primary school teacher Martha Sofia Aurora Werkström (1901–1979) in Asarum.

In 1942 he succeeded Birger Forell as pastor of the Swedish Victoria Parish in Berlin. As such, he successfully campaigned for the flight of countless people persecuted by National Socialism, especially Jews from Berlin and the German Reich .

He died in November 1944 in a plane crash on the Berlin - Malmö route in the Baltic Sea.

Honors

In the GDR , a children's health resort was named after him in the city of Stolberg (Harz) .

In Berlin-Wilmersdorf a memorial plaque was placed on the wall of the Swedish School at Landhausstraße 28.

In 1999 a sculpture by Bianca Maria Barmen was installed at the Hedvig Church in Norrköping. It bears the analogous text During the Second World War, Erik Perwe's humanitarian efforts were of inestimable value in Berlin. He saved hundreds of those threatened and persecuted, especially Jews, from death.

In 2006 Erik Perwe received the Israeli Righteous Among the Nations award .

literature

  • Johan Perwe: Bombprästen. Erik Perwe på uppdrag i Berlin under andra världskriget , Carlssons 2011, ISBN 9172037555
  • Markus Flohr: Secret cargo to Sweden , Zeit, February 4, 2016
  • Robert Kain: Otto Weidt. Anarchist and "Righteous Among the Nations" (Writings of the German Resistance Memorial Center / Series A / Analyzes and Representations; Volume 10). Lukas Verlag, Berlin 2017, ISBN 978-3-86732-271-3 , esp. Pp. 381–385, full text in excerpt online.

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Birger Forell - Pastor of the Swedish Victoria Parish
  2. ^ Illustration of the memorial plaque in Berlin-Wilmersdorf


personal data
SURNAME Perwe, Erik
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Swedish pastor and opponent of National Socialism
DATE OF BIRTH January 1, 1905
PLACE OF BIRTH Karlskrona , Sweden
DATE OF DEATH November 29, 1944
Place of death Baltic Sea