Herbert Herden, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

    

Herbert Herden

Date of Birth: 08-Jan-1915

Place of Birth: Aylsdorf, Saxony-Anhalt, Germany

Date of Death: 11-Feb-2009

Profession: resistance fighter

Nationality: Germany

Zodiac Sign: Capricorn


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About Herbert Herden

  • Herbert Herden (8 January 1915 – 11 February 2009) was a German police officer who was declared a Righteous Among the Nations on 17 March 2004.
  • In occupied Poland he had been assigned to the apartment of Felicia Lieber's family and later aided them.
  • He forged papers for them and ultimately became engaged to Felicia.
  • He would go on to negotiate the release of her brother Ignacy (Yitzhak) Lieber, but Felicia was ultimately denounced and sent to Auschwitz concentration camp.
  • Herden himself was sent to Dachau concentration camp in July 1944.
  • After the war Herbert and Ignacy looked for missing people, including Felicia, but Felicia was never found.
  • Ignacy, now Yitzhak, Lieber would be instrumental in informing Yad Vashem of Herden.
  • In addition to the Leiber family Herden had used what resources he had to give food and aid to other Jews.

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