Kurt Seligmann (Righteous Among the Nations)
Kurt Seligmann (born June 12, 1896 ; † April 23, 1967 ) was a German who supported a family of Jewish faith during the Nazi era and was honored as Righteous Among the Nations in 2006.
Kurt Seligmann helped with the support of his wife Elfriede, geb. Wengel (1905–1959), his business friend Hermann Shipper right at the start of the persecution of the Jews by the Nazis . When Hermann Shipper and his daughter Paula were deported to Auschwitz in 1943 and his wife Rachela and her 19-year-old daughter Jenni escaped deportation, the two women turned to Kurt Seligmann for help. Since he was only able to accommodate her for a short time in his own Berlin apartment, he was constantly looking for new hiding places for the two of them and always providing them with money and food. When Rachela asked one day to sell her jewels and to get food for them, Kurt Seligmann accepted them, but only to give them back to Ms. Levin after the war.
Mrs. Shipper and daughter emigrated to America, but always kept in touch with the Seligmann family. Jenni Shipper-Levin wrote in a letter to the grandchildren: “... I want you to know and never forget that in the worst time of our lives, when we met and suffered the worst inhumanities, we were also lucky to meet the best of humanity "(translated:" ... I want you to know and never forget that in the worst times of our lives, when we got to know and suffered the worst inhumanities, we were lucky enough to get to know the best of humanity "). On June 8, 2006, on the initiative of Jenni Shipper-Levin, Kurt Seligmann was recognized as Righteous Among the Nations by Yad Vashem .
Web links
- Yad Vashem database (English)
Individual evidence
- ↑ yad vashem: Rescue Story: Family Seligmann , accessed on August 13, 2016.
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Seligmann, Kurt |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German Righteous Among the Nations |
| DATE OF BIRTH | June 12, 1896 |
| DATE OF DEATH | April 23, 1967 |