Oewerdieck Erhard & Charlotte (Porath)

Oewerdieck, Erhard Oewerdieck, Charlotte Erhard Oewerdieck and his wife Charlotte (née Porath) sheltered a Jewish office employee, Martin Lange, during the war in their home in Berlin-Neukölln. The entire time they shared their food and clothing with him as well. The risk and burden they assumed were all the greater since Oewerdieck, a sworn enemy of the Nazi system, was barred during the entire period from his job as auditor and tax consultant on account of “political unreliability.” In 1939, Oewerdieck did not hesitate to spend his own money in order to finance the journey to Shanghai of Arno Lachmann, his wife, and aged father, thus saving their lives. Oewerdieck was also instrumental in making possible the last-minute emigration to the United States, in March 1941, of the famous Jewish scholars Eugen Taeubler and Selma Taeubler-Stern, for whom he also kept a part of their library and personal papers. On September 21, 1978, Yad Vashem recognized Erhard and Charlotte Oewerdieck as Righteous Among the Nations.