Eva Hermann

Eva Hermann (Nee Lüddecke; May 24, 1900 — July 31, 1997) was a German teacher, writer, and resistance fighter in Nazi Germany. She and her husband were arrested and imprisoned for harboring a Jewish family by the Nazi police. For their work rescuing Jews, they were awarded by Yad Vashem the Righteous Among the Nations. Quotes I am fully conscious of the fact that my late husband and I did nothing special; we simply tried to remain human in the midst of inhumanity. Mordecai Paldiel http://archive.org/details/pathofrighteousg00pald The path of the righteous 1993 Ktav Internet Archive 978-0-88125-376-4 154–155 How can I not hesitate before accepting? Are we sufficiently aware, against the background of the darkest chapter in German history, of how guilty we are for rescuing no more than a tiny droplet out of the endless sea of despair of that period? Righteous can therefore have no other meaning than the attempt, the obligation, to do what is right and to live humanly even during times of inhumanity. Mordecai Paldiel http://archive.org/details/pathofrighteousg00pald The path of the righteous 1993 Ktav Internet Archive 978-0-88125-376-4 154–155 When one's existence which has seemed quite secure suddenly melts away. . . when every security fails and every support gives way—then one stands face to face with the Eternal and confronts Him without protection and with fearful directness. . . When imprisonment has lasted a certain time it ceases to be punishment. One has removed one’s self from ordinary life and slowly begins to find a new standard. Young Amanda Verdery 2017-03-20 Eva Hermann https://www.womeninpeace.org/h-names/2017/7/3/eva-hermann 2026-01-03 Women In Peace en-US External links Category:1900 births Category:1997 deaths Category:Women activists from Germany Category:Human rights activists Category:Educators from Germany Category:Women authors from Germany Category:Pacifists Category:Quakers Category:Women born in the 1900s