Eva Hermann

Overview

Eva Hermann (née Lüddecke) born Grünenplan bei Hildesheim, Lower Saxony, Germany May 25, 1900 (d. 1997). German Quaker. Involved with Fellowship of Reconciliation. Sentenced to three years in prison, 1943. Honored as “Righteous Among the Nations” for her efforts to saving Jews during World War II.

Quotations

“When one's existence which has seemed quite secure suddenly melts away. . . when every security fails and every support gives way—then one stands face to face with the Eternal and confronts Him without protection and with fearful directness. . . When imprisonment has lasted a certain time it ceases to be punishment. One has removed one’s self from ordinary life and slowly begins to find a new standard.” (Friends Intelligencer, 1947, in Vera Brittain, The Rebel Passion; photo Wallenberg fdn.)