1. Nazi’s Who Silently Helped Jews
During World War II
By Rushil Vashee
Mr. Lemere’s Class

2. Table Of Contents
• Georg Ferdinand Duckwitz..................slide 3
• Major Plagge…………………………………….slide 4
• Frank Foley……………………………………….slide 5
• Oskar Schindler…………………………………slide 6
• Berthold Beitz……………………………………slide 7

3. Georg Ferdinand Duckwitz
Georg Ferdinand Duckwitz was a Nazi who secretly helped the
Jews in Denmark. Georg F. Duckwitz risked his career and
secretly made a trip to Sweden (a neutral country) where he
convinced Prime Minister Per Albin Hansson to protect Danish
Jews who escaped. After letting all Jews know, Georg F.
Duckwitz helped over 6,000 Jews secretly ferry to Sweden in
boats. All these 6,000+ Jews escaped to Sweden in the next 2
months. After he saved about 99% of the Jews in Denmark he
resumed his work as a Nazi official acting as if nothing had
happened. When the war was over, Georg Ferdinand Duckwitz
continued working as West Germany’s Ambassador for
Denmark. Georg F. Duckwitz died in 1973.

4. Major Karl Plagge
Major Karl Plagge was born in 1897. He fought with his fellow
countrymen in World War I. After that war he became an
engineer and made a decision he forever regretted. Major
Plagge joined the Nazi party. To make up this horrible act he
had to do something very good. In 1939 he quit the Nazi party.
After 4 years he was assigned a leader of a German military
vehicle repair unit. Major Karl Plagge used this as an
opportunity to save some Jews from the Nazi’s. Now Major
Plagge had a plan. He told his boss that he needed a lot of
Jews to run an efficient vehicle repair unit. After hiring over
1,000 Jews (many of which were unskilled) he kept them in his
factory so that they didn’t get exterminated. The thing
was, Major Karl Plagge still thought he hadn’t done enough
good. He still regretted it strongly for the years that he had
been part of the Nazi party. Karl Plagge had wanted to save
more little children but he just couldn’t. Still, Plagge was a
great hero during World War II.

5. Frank Foley
Frank Foley was a passport control officer for the
British Embassy in Berlin. Frank Foley helped
thousands of Jews escape Nazi Germany. In 1942
Frank Foley helped co-ordinate MI5 and MI6 in
running the Double Cross System. Soon later he
returned to Berlin and helped hunt down former SS
officers. Frank Foley then moved to Stourbridge and
died there in 1958. He is buried in Stourbridge
Cemetery.

6. Oskar Schindler
Oskar Schindler was a member of the Nazi party. Mr.
Schindler joined the Nazi party in 1939. He is said to
have saved the lives of 1,200 Jews during the
Holocaust. Oskar Schindler employed them in his
enamelware and ammunitions factories. His factories
would now be located in Poland and Czech Republic.
Oskar Schindler joined the Intelligence Service
(Abwehr) in 1936. Mr. Schindler then employed about
1,750 workers(about 1,000 being Jews) and - because
of his relations with the intelligence service - kept them
from being exterminated. Oskar Schindler died in

7. Berthold Beitz
Berthold Beitz was a German industrialist who saved Jews
by employing them. Beitz hired them at oil fields that he
managed in Poland. Also, when Beitz overheard the Nazi’s
planning to kill the Jews, he warned the Jews that he had
hired. Just like many others, Berthold Beitz hired Jews
and kept them safe in his plantation or factory. He hired
people that were most likely to get killed (the sick ones)
and kept them safe at his factory. For doing this, Beitz
received the civilian honor in Poland! He also honored by
the Israeli Holocaust Memorial. “Righteous Among the
Nations.” They said. After all the heroism he
showed, Berthold Beitz died in 2012.

8. Work Cited
Georg Ferdinand Duckwitz:
http://listverse.com/2008/11/06/10-people-who-saved-jews-during-world-
war-two/
Major Plagge:
http://www.jweekly.com/article/full/27296/the-nazi-who-saved-jews/
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Karl_Plagge
Definitions:
http://dictionary.reference.com/

9. Work Cited
Georg Ferdinand Duckwitz:
10 people who saved jews during world war two. (2008, November 6).
Retrieved from http://listverse.com/2008/11/06/10-people-who-saved-
jews-during-world-war-two/
Major Karl Plagge:
Breiger, M. (2005, October 7). The nazi who saved jews. Retrieved from
http://www.jweekly.com/article/full/27296/the-nazi-who-saved-jews/

10. Bibliography (Son Of Citation)
Frank Foley:
Frank foley. (2013, June 18). Retrieved from
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Frank_Foley
Oskar Schindler:
Oskar schindler. (2013, September 30). Retrieved from
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oskar_Schindler
Berthold Beitz:
Langer, E. (2013, August 1). Berthold beitz, german industrialist who rescued
jews during world war ii, dies at 99. Retrieved from
http://articles.washingtonpost.com/2013-08-01/world/40961971_1_jews-
belzec-world-war-ii

11. Bibliography (Son Of Citation)
Berthold Beitz:
Berthold beitz. (2013, August 29). Retrieved from
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Berthold_Beitz