Georg Ferdinand Duckwitz, an early German Nazi, worked in the Nazi party’s foreign office from 1933 to 1935 under the wing of Alfred Rosemberg, making it possible to rescue more than 7000 Jews in Denmark: for this he later received the title of ‘Righteous Among the Nations‘. Georg Ferdinand Duckwitz was a member of the German embassy in Copenhagen with close relations to the Foreign Ministry of the Third Reich, and was also involved in the conspiracy to assassinate Hitler, culminating in the failed assassination attempt on 20 July 1944. Almost all the Jews in Denmark were saved: the Danish case is unique because the entire population, from the king down to people from the lowest social classes, contributed to the rescue of the Jews. The figure of the German Nazi Duckwitz was very important, because he was the only Nazi politician to oppose the deportation of the Jews: years after the end of the war, Duckwitz and many Danes were recognised as ‘Righteous Among the Nations’.
