Workshop owner in Berlin
Otto Max August Weidt was born on 2 May 1883 and died on 22 December 1947. He owned a Berlin workshop for blind and deaf workers.
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Otto Weidt
Protecting Jewish employees from deportation through his Berlin workshop for blind and deaf workers during the Holocaust.
Otto Weidt (1883–1947) owned a workshop for blind and deaf people in Berlin. During the Holocaust, he worked to protect his Jewish employees from deportation and was later recognized as one of the Righteous Among the Nations. A museum dedicated to his life occupies the workshop’s original site.
Worth knowing
Protecting his workers
During the Holocaust, Weidt fought to protect his Jewish employees from deportation. His brush workshop became a refuge and the center of a rescue network.
Righteous Among the Nations
Weidt was recognized as one of the Righteous Among the Nations for his efforts to protect persecuted Jewish workers.
The original workshop
The Museum Otto Weidt’s Workshop for the Blind is located on the original site of his factory in Berlin and is dedicated to his life.
Addresses you can still visit
Every place in this city with a documented tie to this person.
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Museum Otto Weidt’s Workshop for the Blind
He established and ran the brush workshop, turning it into a refuge and rescue network for persecuted Jewish workers.
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