Memorials Swedish Church Berlin

These plaques commemorate:
- Birger Forell, a clergyman of the Church of Sweden. From 1933 to 1942 he helped in Berlin people who were persecuted by the Nazis. At the insistence of the National-Socialists in 1942, he was sent back to Sweden. In 1943 he was sent to England to support German prisoners of war. After the war he remained active to help refugees.

- The policemen Mattick and Hoffmann, of Office 155, who during the National Socialist period offered their assistance to people who were persecuted and who supported the Swedish Church Community therein.

- Erik Perwe, a clergyman of the Church of Sweden. From 1942 to 1944 he helped in Berlin people who were persecuted by the Nazis. When he went to Sweden for consultations, the plane was shot down over the Baltic Sea. None of the passengers survived. Erik Perwe was awarded the title "Righteous Among the Nations".

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Source

• Text: Fedor de Vries
• Photos: OTFW