Georg Ferdinand Duckwitz (September 29, 1904, in Bremen - February 16, 1973) was a German attache who warned the Danish Jews about their intended deportation in 1943. Events 522 BC - Darius I of Persia kills the Magian usurper Gaumâta securing his hold as king of the Persian Empire. Year 1904 ( MCMIV) was a Leap year starting on Friday (link will display calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Leap year starting on Bremen (ˈbʁeːmən is a Hanseatic city in northwestern Germany (official name Stadtgemeinde Bremen / City Municipality of Bremen Events 1249 - Andrew of Longjumeau is dispatched by Louis IX of France as his ambassador to meet with the Khan of the Mongols Year 1973 ( MCMLXXIII) was a Common year starting on Monday (link will display full calendar of the 1973 Gregorian calendar. Germany, officially the Federal Republic of Germany ( ˈbʊndəsʁepuˌbliːk ˈdɔʏtʃlant is a Country in Central Europe. The Kingdom of Denmark ( ˈd̥ænmɑɡ̊ (archaic ˈd̥anmɑːɡ̊ commonly known as Denmark, is a country in the Scandinavian region of northern Europe PLEASE TAKE NOTE************ It is estimated that he prevented the deportation of all but 7% of Denmark's Jews in the resulting rescue of the Danish Jews. The rescue of the Danish Jews occurred during Nazi Germany 's Occupation of Denmark during World War II.
In the 1930s Duckwitz was a businessman trading with Scandinavian countries. He joined the Nazi Party in 1932 and worked for Alfred Rosenberg's foreign policy office but eventually left to work for a private shipping company Hamburg-America. Nazism, which was a short name for National Socialism (Nationalsozialismus refers primarily to the Ideology and practices of the National Socialist German (12 January 1893 16 October 1946 was an early and intellectually influential member of the Nazi Party. In 1939 the Third Reich assigned him to the German embassy in Copenhagen as a maritime attache. Nazi Germany and the Third Reich are the common English names for Germany under the regime of Adolf Hitler and the National Socialist German Workers Copenhagen (ˌkəʊpənˈheɪgən ˌkəʊpənˈhɑːgən ˈkəʊpənˌheɪgən ˈkəʊpənˌhɑːgən kʰøb̥ənˈhɑʊ̯ˀn kʰøb̥m̩ˈhɑʊ̯ˀn is the capital and largest city
After 1942, Duckwitz worked with the Nazi Reich representative Werner Best. Werner Best ( July 10, 1903 &ndash June 23, 1989) was a German Jurist, police chief and Nazi leader from On September 11, 1943, Best told Duckwitz about the intended roundup of all Danish Jews on October 1.
Two weeks later Duckwitz flew to Stockholm, ostensibly to discuss the passage of German merchant ships. ('stɔkhɔlm is Sweden 's Capital and its largest City. It is the site of the national Swedish government, the parliament, and the While there, he contacted Prime Minister Per Albin Hansson and asked whether Sweden would be willing to receive Danish Jewish refugees. Per Albin Hansson ( October 28, 1885 &ndash October 6, 1946) leader of the Swedish Social Democrats, was a Prime In a couple of days, Hansson promised them favourable reception.
Back in Denmark on September 28, Duckwitz contacted Danish social democrat Hans Hedtoft and notified him of the intended deportation. Social democracy is a Political ideology of the left and centre-left Hans Hedtoft Hansen ( April 21, 1903 – January 29, 1955) was Prime Minister of Denmark from 13 November Hedtoft warned the head of the Jewish community C. B. Henriques and the acting chief rabbi Dr. Marcus Melchior, who spread the warning. Marcus Melchior (1897–1969 was acting Chief rabbi of Denmark in 1943 at the time of the Rescue of the Danish Jews. Sympathetic Danes in all walks of life organized a mass escape of over 6000 Jews over the sea to Sweden.
Duckwitz, apparently assuming that he had done everything he could and possibly fearing exposure to Gestapo, went back to his official duties. The ( contraction of ge heime Sta ats' po' lizei: "Secret State Police" was the official Secret police of Nazi Germany
After the war, Duckwitz remained in the German Foreign Service. In 1955-1958 he served as West German ambassador to Denmark. West Germany ( Inf German: Westdeutschland or West-Deutschland) was the common English name for the Federal Republic of Germany ( On March 21, 1971, the Israeli government named him Righteous Among the Nations and included him in the Yad Vashem memorial. Righteous among the Nations (חסידי אומות העולם Chassidey Umot HaOlam) which may at times refer to the B'nei Noah or Noahides as well is a term used