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Schoeps, Karl-Heinz (2008). "Holocaust and Resistance in Vilnius: Rescuers in "Wehrmacht" Uniforms". German Studies Review. 31 (3): 489–512. JSTOR 27668589. German Army Major Karl Plagge, an Unlikely Hero of the Holocaust from Holocaust Survivors and Remembrance Project

Karl Plagge 60 Years Later, Honoring the German Army Maj. Karl Plagge

Yated Neeman was founded in 1987 as an independent Orthodox Jewish weekly newspaper. Ever since, people have been turning to the Yated for responsible, accurate and intelligent news coverage. More than an interesting and enlightening read, the Yated is part of the daily life of the community.In February 2006 the former Frankensteinkaserne, a Bundeswehr base in Pfungstadt, Germany, was renamed the Karl-Plagge-Kaserne. Then, in 1999, in her first post-war visit to Vilna, accompanied by husband Dr. William Good and her son Michael, Pearl Good found the place where she had lived in terror under the Nazi regime, witness to atrocities she could never forget. One week later the Vilna Ghetto was liquidated by the SS and its 15,000 remaining residents were either killed in the nearby killing grounds at Ponary or transported to concentration camps across Nazi-occupied Europe. Documents found by the Jewish Museum in Vilnius show that the camp housed 1,234 Jewish men, women and children. [2] Initially, only men were employed in vehicle repair workshops in and around the camp; however, after an attempt was made by the SS to transfer the women and children to the Kaunas concentration camp in January 1944, Plagge engaged two clothing manufacturers to set up clothing repair shops in the top two floors of one of the apartment buildings and put the women and older children to work so that they would not appear to be idle to outside observers. [3]

Karl Plagge: The Nazi Who Saved His Jewish Workers

He came into conflict with the leadership of the party after 1933 when Hitlerseizedpower. According to his later testimony, Plagge refused to accept Naziracialtheories, which he considered unscientific, and was disgusted by the persecutionofpoliticalopponents and the corruption of many Nazi functionaries. Instead of leaving the party, he attempted to effect change from within, accepting a position as a scientific lecturer and leader of a Nazi educational institute in Darmstadt. [5] Because he refused to teach Nazi racial ideology, he was dismissed from his position in 1935. A local party official accused Plagge of being on good terms with Jews and Freemasons, treating Jews in his home laboratory, and opposing the NaziboycottofJewishbusinesses, threatening to bring Plagge before a party tribunal. Instead, Plagge ceased his activity with the party, disenchanted with Nazism. [6] And how utterly differently I see things! Do you believe, without my principles, I could continue this exhausting operation enabling people to perform valuable work for the Wermacht? The laborers perform this work willingly and almost happily, because they know I am here and help and protect them. They were at first wounded, mistrustful, wasted, half-starved and wretched and to a large extent, still are.women," said Mr Fraenkel. "He really got into a heated argument with the SS that without the children and the women the motivation of the workers would be very low, and so this would be injurious for production. About 500 prisoners got the message and hid or made their escape that night. Dr Good estimates that half survived.

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Plagge Denazification Trial Transcript. p. 31 . http://searchformajorplagge.com/searchformajorplagge.com/Plagge_Documents.html.In 2005 the Yad Vashem Holocaust Memorial posthumously bestowed the title “ Righteous Among the Nations” on Plagge. [13] Priemel, Kim C. (2008). "Into the grey zone: Wehrmacht bystanders, German labor market policy and the Holocaust". Journal of Genocide Research. 10 (3): 389–411. doi: 10.1080/14623520802305743. S2CID 144427695. Establishment [ edit ] St. Peter and St. Paul's Church in Vilnius with a sign pointing to the HKP 562 forced labor camp