Lucie Strewe

Lucie Strewe , née Schotten (born June 10, 1887 in Hilders near Fulda , † July 16, 1981 in Berlin-Zehlendorf ) was a German rescuer of the Jews .

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Life

The daughter of a judge grew up in Hilders near Fulda and moved to Frankfurt am Main in 1905 at the age of 18 . There she joined the suffragettes and met her husband, the China expert and editor of the Deutsche Allgemeine Zeitung ( DAZ ) Theodor M. Strewe, with whom she temporarily moved to Switzerland in order to marry him there. From 1907 to 1919 the couple lived in China , where their two sons were born. The family later moved to Berlin-Zehlendorf.

During the National Socialist era , Lucie Strewe saved several Berlin Jews from persecution and murder by the National Socialists . Among them was the former department store manager at the Tietz & Karstadt Group, Josef Scherek, to whom Lucie Strewe provided help and shelter.

Awards and honors

The Lucie-Strewe-Platz in Berlin-Zehlendorf (2019). Photographer: Klopstockgoethe

Lucie Strewe was honored on April 19, 1966 by the Berlin Senate as part of the initiative for "Unsung Heroes". On May 17, 2017, the Steglitz-Zehlendorf District Assembly of Berlin decided to name a place in Berlin-Zehlendorf in the immediate vicinity of her former place of residence after Lucie Strewe.

Foundation, endowment

In 2016, the German historian Uta Strewe founded the Lucie Strewe Foundation as a registered foundation together with her husband, the lawyer and deputy member of the Constitutional Court of the Free State of Saxony, Stefan Ansgar Strewe, and other family members .

Web links

Brochure: ... Nazi Refugium - Schlachtensee ..., Mention of L. Strewe on p. 15 ( Memento from August 26, 2017 in the Internet Archive )

Individual evidence

↑ Hans-Rainer Sandvoss: Resistance in Steglitz and Zehlendorf, p. 192. (No longer available online.) In: Issue 2 of the series of publications on the resistance in Berlin from 1933 to 1945. German Resistance Memorial Center, Berlin, 1986, archived from the original on September 23, 2017 ; accessed on May 10, 2018 .
↑ Dirk Jordan: Lucie Strewe and her courage to be human. In: Tagesspiegel. January 14, 2014, accessed August 25, 2017 .
↑ Steinhoff / Wojahn, Uhde: Decision BNr: 84 / V. (PDF) Name the place after Lucie Strewe. In: berlin.de The official capital city portal. Steglitz-Zehlendorf district council meeting of Berlin, March 7, 2017, archived from the original on December 30, 2018 ; accessed on December 30, 2018 .

personal data
SURNAME	Strewe, Lucie
ALTERNATIVE NAMES	Schotten, Lucie (maiden name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	German rescuer of the Jews
DATE OF BIRTH	June 10, 1887
PLACE OF BIRTH	Hilders near Fulda
DATE OF DEATH	July 16, 1981
Place of death	Berlin-Zehlendorf

[1] Hans-Rainer Sandvoss: Resistance in Steglitz and Zehlendorf, p. 192. (No longer available online.) In: Issue 2 of the series of publications on the resistance in Berlin from 1933 to 1945. German Resistance Memorial Center, Berlin, 1986, archived from the original on September 23, 2017 ; accessed on May 10, 2018 .

[2] Dirk Jordan: Lucie Strewe and her courage to be human. In: Tagesspiegel. January 14, 2014, accessed August 25, 2017 .

[3] Steinhoff / Wojahn, Uhde: Decision BNr: 84 / V. (PDF) Name the place after Lucie Strewe. In: berlin.de The official capital city portal. Steglitz-Zehlendorf district council meeting of Berlin, March 7, 2017, archived from the original on December 30, 2018 ; accessed on December 30, 2018 .