Georg Ferdinand Duckwitz, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

Georg Ferdinand Duckwitz

German diplomat and Righteous Among the Nations

Date of Birth: 29-Sep-1904

Place of Birth: Bremen, Germany

Date of Death: 16-Feb-1973

Profession: diplomat, resistance fighter

Nationality: Germany

Zodiac Sign: Libra

Georg Ferdinand Duckwitz (29 September 1904, Bremen – 16 February 1973) was a German diplomat.
During World War II he served as an attaché for Nazi Germany in occupied Denmark.
He tipped off the Danes about the Germans' intended deportation of the Jewish population in 1943 and arranged for their reception in Sweden.
Danish resistance groups subsequently rescued 95% of Denmark's Jewish population.