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As of 1 January 2022, Yad Vashem recognised 651 Righteous Among the Nations from Germany.

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A

• Elisabeth Abegg (1882–1974), recognised 1967
• Willi Ahrem (1902–1967), recognised 1965
• Maria and Adolf Althoff (1913–1998), recognised 1995
• Ruth Andreas-Friedrich (1901–1977), recognised 2002
• Aurelius Arkenau (1900–1991), recognised 1998
• Hugo Armann (1917–1989), recognised 1985
• Heinrich Aschoff (1893–1958), recognised 1965

B

• Leonard Bartlakowski [de] (1916–1953), recognised 1979
• Cläre Barwitzky (1913–1989), recognised 1991
• Albert Battel (1891–1952), recognised 1981
• Gitta Bauer (1919–1990), recognised 1985
• Katharina Bayerwaltes (1914–2011), recognised 2006
• Berthold Beitz (1913–2013), recognised 1973
• Else Beitz (1920–2014), recognised 2006
• Rudolf Bertram [de] (1893–1975), recognised 1979
• Willi Bleicher (1907–1981), recognised 1965
• Marie and Adolph Kurt Böhm [de] (1926–present), recognised 1994
• Marie Burde (June 9, 1892 – July 12, 1963), recognised 2012
• Otto Busse, recognised 1968

C

• Hans Georg Calmeyer (1903–1973), recognised 1992
• Joseph Sebastian Cammerer [de] (1892–1983), recognised 1969
• Eva Cassirer (1920–2009), recognised 2011 alongside her mother Hanna Sotschek
• Sibylla Cronenberg [de], recognised 2006

D

• Luise and Alfred Dilger [de] (1897–1975), recognised 1991
• Hildehard and Theodor Dipper [de] (1903–1969), recognised 2008
• Hans von Dohnanyi (1902–1945), recognised 2003
• Paul [de] (1880–1954), Elfriede and Heinz Drossel (1916–2008), recognised 1999
• Georg Ferdinand Duckwitz (1904–1973), recognised 1971

E

• Johanna Eck (1888–1979), recognised 1973
• Gottfried von Einem (1918–1996), recognised 2002
• Joseph Emonds [de] (1898–1975), recognised 2013

F

• Hans Fittko, husband of Lisa Fittko; recognised 2000
• Elisabeth Flügge (1895–1983), recognised 1976
• Evert Baron Freytag von Loringhoven, recognised 1967
• Karin Friedrich (1925–2015), recognised 2004
• Otto Ernst Fritsch [de] (b. 1908), recognised 1975
• Wolfgang Frommel [de; nl] (1902–1986), recognised 1973
• Kurt and Herta Fuchs [de], recognised 1995

G

• Karl Max and Auguste Gehre (1898–1972), recognised 1988
• Richard [de] (1887–1975) and Hildegard Gölz [de] (1892–1986), recognised 1991
• Theodor Görner [de] (1884–1971), recognised 1967
• Elisabeth Goes [de] (1911–2007), recognised 1991
• Hermann Friedrich Graebe (1900–1986), recognised 1965
• Georg (1904–1944) and Anneliese Groscurth (1910–1996), recognised 2005
• Heinrich Grüber (1891–1975), recognised 1964
• Klara Grüger [de] (1912–1999), recognised 1986
• Marie Grünberg [de] (1903–1986), recognised 1984
• Heinz Gützlaff [de] (1905–1961), recognised 2017
• Emma Gumz [de] (1899–1981), recognised 1971

H

• Wilhelm Hammann (1897–1955), recognised 1984
• Albert and Loni Harder [de], recognised 1966
• Hans Hartmann [de] (1896–1970), recognised 1963
• Robert Havemann (1910–1982), recognised 2005
• Fritz Heine (1904–2002), recognised 1986
• Josef Heinen [de] (1898–1989), recognised 1969
• Heinrich Held [de] (1897–1957), recognised 2003
• Donata Helmrich [de] (1900–1986), wife of Eberhard Helmrich; recognised 1986
• Eberhard Helmrich [de] (1899–1969), husband of Donata Helmrich; recognised 1965
• Marie Luise Hensel [de] (1894–1942), recognised 1972
• Herbert Herden (1915–2009), recognised 2004
• Eva [de] (1900–1997) and Carl Hermann (1898–1961), recognised 1976
• Josef and Elise Höfler [de] (1912–1991), recognised 2001
• Helene and Joseph Höffner (1906–1987), recognised 2003
• Lisa Holländer [de], recognised 1971
• Helene Holzman (1891–1968), recognised 2005
• Wilhelm Hosenfeld (1895–1952), recognised 2008
• Stephanie Hüllenhagen [de] (1893–1967), recognised 2001
• Kreszentia Hummel [de] (1907–2002), recognised 2015

I

• Frieda Impekoven (b. 1880), recognised 1966

J

• Helene Jacobs (1906–1993), recognised 1983
• Michael Jovy [de] (1920–1984), recognised 1982
• Jean Jülich [de] (1929–2011), recognised 1982

K

• Margarete and Fritz Kahl [de] (1895–1974), recognised 2006
• Helmut Kleinicke (1907–1979), recognised 2018
• Max Kohl [de] (1881–1976), recognised 1969
• Walter Kraemer (1892–1941), recognised 1999
• Johanna and Lothar Kreyssig (1898–1986), recognised 2016
• Werner Krumme [de] (1909–1972), recognised 1964
• Gerhard Kurzbach [de] (b. 1915), recognised 2011

L

• Alfred Leikam [de] (1915–1992), recognised 2002
• Bernhard Lichtenberg (1875–1943), recognised 2004
• Max Liedtke (1894–1955), recognised 1993
• Maria and Heinrich List [de] (1882–1942), recognised 1992
• Gertrud Luckner (1900–1995), recognised 1966

M

• Hermann Maas (1877–1970), recognised 1964
• Erich Mahrt [de] (1910–1988), recognised 2016
• Maria von Maltzan (1909–1997), recognised 1987
• Gerhard Marquardt (1904–1983), recognised 1985
• Max Maurer [de] (1891–1972), recognised 1995
• Luise Meier [de] (1895–1979), recognised 2001
• Wilhelm Mensching [de] (1885–1964), recognised 2001
• Margarete Meusel [de] (1897–1953), recognised 2006
• Heinrich Middendorf [de] (1898–1972), recognised 1994
• Maimi von Mirbach (1899–1984), recognised 1981
• Gertrud and Otto Mörike [de] (1897–1978), recognised 1970
• Richard Ernst Moser [de] (1885–1967), recognised 2001
• Fritz Müller [de], recognised 1984

N

• Max Naujocks [de] (1894–1963), recognised 2011
• Hilde and Joseph Neyses [de] (1893–1988), recognised 1981
• Fritz Niermann [de] (1898–1976), recognised 1985

O

• Heint [de] (1897–1989) and Josephine Odenthal [de] (1902–1984), recognised 2006
• Charlotte and Erhard Oewerdieck [de], recognised 1978
• Friedrich Carl von Oppenheim [de] (1900–1978), recognised 1996
• Maria and Josef Otten [de], recognised 2015
• Katharina Overath [de] (1926–1995), recognised 1990 alongside her parents Albert and Maria Meier

P

• Hubert Pentrop (born 1895), recognised 1965
• Stephan Hubertus Pfürtner [de] (1922–2012), recognised 2006
• Karl Plagge (1897–1957), recognised 2004
• Dorothee and Harald Poelchau (1903–1972), recognised 1971
• Lilli [de] (1883–1946) and Manfred Pollatz [de] (1886–1964), recognised 2013
• Hedwig Porschütz (1900–1977), recognised 2012 alongside her mother Hedwig Völker

R

• Gerhard Radke [de] (1914–1999), recognised 1977
• Eberhard Rebling (1911–2008), recognised 2007
• Irmgard and Friedrich Reck-Malleczewen (1884–1945), recognised 2014
• Paul Rentsch [de] (1989–1944), recognised 2005
• Herbert Richter [de] (1901–1944), recognised 2005
• Grete Rönnfeldt [de] (1901–1981), recognised 2003
• Alfred Roßner [de] (1906–1943), recognised 1995
• Eduard Rügemer [de] (1883–1955), recognised 2012
• August Ruf [de] (1869–1944), recognised 2004

S

• August Sapandowski [de] (1882–1945), recognised 2001
• Hildegard Schaeder (1902–1984), recognised 2000
• Elisabeth Schiemann (1881–1972), recognised 2014
• Oskar (1908–1974) and Emilie Schindler (1907–2001), recognised 1993
• Barthel Schink (1927–1944), recognised 1982
• Änne Schmitz [de] (born 1906), recognised 2004
• Elisabeth Schmitz (1893–1977), recognised 2011
• Oskar Schönbrunner [de] (1908–2004), recognised 1977
• Karl (Sr), Katharina, Karl (Jr) and Martha Schörghofer [de], recognised 1968
• Gustav Schröder (1885–1959), recognised 1993
• Hanning Schröder (1896–1987), recognised 1978
• Eduard Schulte (1891–1966), recognised 1988
• Konrad Schweser [de] (1899–1975), recognised 1968
• Kurt Seligmann [de] (1896–1967), recognised 2006
• Helmuth and Annemarie Sell, recognised 1981
• Bernhard Sickmann, recognised 1965
• Heinrich Silkenbömer, recognised 1965
• Hans Söhnker (1903–1981), recognised 2017
• Margarete Sommer (1893–1965), recognised 2003
• Hans Stockmar [de] (1890–1961), recognised 2001
• Fritz Strassmann (1902–1980), recognised 1985
• Utje and Friedrich Strindberg (1897–1978), recognised 2001
• Bernhard Südfeld, recognised 1965
• Werner Sylten [de] (1893–1942), recognised 1979
• Isolde and Horst Symanowski [de] (1911–2009), recognised 2002
• Frieda Szturmann [de] (1897–1962), recognised 2013

T

• Gina and Edwin Tietjens (1894–1944), recognised 1997
• Ilse Totzke (1913–1987), recognised 1995

W

• Hans Walz (1883–1974), recognised 1969
• Ludwig Walz [de] (1898–1989), recognised 1974
• Armin T. Wegner (1886–1978), recognised 1967
• Otto Weidt (1883–1947), recognised 1971
• Agnes [de] (1891–1946) and Ruth Wendland [de] (1913–1977), recognised 1975
• Ludwig Wörl (1906–1967), recognised 1963
• Lilly Wust (1913–2006), recognised 1995

Z

• Joachim von Zedtwitz (1910–2001), recognised 1994
• Konrat Ziegler [de] (1884–1974), recognised 2000

External links

• Daniel Fraenkel, The German Righteous Among the Nations at yadvashem.org.

References

1. Statistics: "Names of Righteous by Country". Yad Vashem. 1 January 2022. Retrieved 26 September 2023.
2. List of individuals: "Righteous Among the Nations Honored by Yad Vashem by 1 January 2019 — GERMANY" (PDF). Yad Vashem. 1 January 2019. Retrieved 28 October 2019.
3. Individual information: "The Righteous Among the Nations Database". Yad Vashem. Retrieved 28 October 2019.

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