Paul Schiemann is recorded at Yad Vashem as Righteous Among the Nations - one of the non-Jews who risked everything to save Jewish lives during the Holocaust.
The record lists Paul Schiemann as Baltic German journalist and politician (1876-1944).
Paul Schiemann was born at Jelgava in 1876. His recorded nationality is Latvia. He was educated at University of Cologne and jurisprudence.
By occupation Paul Schiemann was politician, journalist and theatre critic - which is the point worth holding onto: the rescuers were not a special class of person.
Most rescuers said afterwards that they had done nothing remarkable. The historical record disagrees, which is the point of recording it.
Recognition: Righteous Among the Nations (1999) and Order of the Three Stars.
Paul Schiemann died in 1944, aged 68. The people saved, and their descendants, are the part of the record that continues.
Achievements
- Righteous Among the Nations — 1999
- Order of the Three Stars
- Worked as politician, journalist and theatre critic
- Educated at University of Cologne and jurisprudence
