Otto Berger (dentist)

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Otto Berger (born April 15, 1900 in Opole , † May 22, 1985 near Darmstadt ) was a Berlin dentist who helped those persecuted during the Nazi era and was honored as Righteous Among the Nations .

Among other things, Otto Berger had helped his Jewish dental colleague Fedor Bruck by keeping him hidden in his private or practice rooms from 1943 onwards. The Jewish dentist had received notification of his imminent deportation from the Jewish community in Berlin in October 1942 and has been in hiding ever since. He reported about it in 1964:

“I met Mr. Otto Berger in the spring of 1943. When he found out on this occasion that I was leading an illegal life as a racially persecuted person, he provided me with food at this first meeting and offered me to take me in. This case occurred a short time later and I moved into Otto Berger's apartment at the beginning of July 1943. "

Otto Berger didn't know at first that his protégé was a professional colleague. He also supported the head of the Jewish cemetery administration and the former head of the Jewish religious community.

Honors

In 1964, Berger was honored by the then mayor of Berlin, Willy Brandt , for his work as a “ rescuer of Jews ” and in 1974 invited by the Federal President to Bellevue Palace . In 2008 he was posthumously awarded the Ewald Harndt Medal by the Berlin Dental Association.

Otto Berger was awarded the title Righteous Among the Nations in October 2009 by the Israeli Yad Vashem memorial for his selfless commitment to the persecuted during the Nazi dictatorship .

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Kay Lutze: From Liegnitz to New York - The life story of the Jewish dentist Fedor Bruck (1895-1982) ( Memento of the original from October 2, 2009 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. . In: Zahnärztliche Mitteilungen , online edition 10 of May 16, 2006, pp. 124–127. @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.zm-online.de
  2. ↑ a b Berlin Dental Association: Award of the Ewald Harndt Medal 2008 ( Memento of the original from May 22, 2010 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link has been inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. (accessed on February 13, 2010) @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.zaek-berlin.de
  3. ↑ Report on the award on zahn-online.de (accessed on February 7, 2010)
  4. ↑ Otto Berger on the website of Yad Vashem (English)
personal data
SURNAME Berger, Otto
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German dentist, Righteous Among the Nations
DATE OF BIRTH April 15, 1900
PLACE OF BIRTH Opole
DATE OF DEATH May 22, 1985
Place of death near Darmstadt