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Dorothea Neff (Rescuer)



Dorothea Neff was born in Munich, Germany on Feb. 21, 1903. She died on July 26, 1986 in Vienna, Austria. She was a rescuer even though she saved only one person. That lucky person was costume designer, Lilli Schiff. What Dorothea did was pretty remarkable. She wrote a fake suicide note and left it at Lilli’s residence. She had Lilli live with her to save her from the Nazis. Being an actress she had lots of parties many times inviting Nazi Officials. Never once did they find Lilli even though she was in the same place at the same time as them. Dorothea didn’t view Jews as the enemy but as human beings. She was awarded to the list of Righteous Among the Nations, which is a Christian honored at Yad Vashem in Israel for risking his or her life to save a Jewish person during the Holocaust. One person can make a difference. She went through a lot to keep Lilli out of the hands of the Nazis (1941-1945). That is why I think that Dorothea Neff is a Rescuer.

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