Portrait of Dr. Raymond Herman Geist.

Photograph | Photograph Number: 45691

Photo Designation: RESCUE MISSIONS -- Diplomatic Rescue -- Other Diplomatic Rescuers -- Geist
Photo Credit: United States Holocaust Memorial Museum, courtesy of Eric Saul

Biography: Dr. Raymond Herman Geist (d. 1955), American consul general in Berlin, 1929-1939, who helped many Jews and other opponents of the Nazi regime escape from Germany during the period 1938-1939. He personally intervened with high ranking officials of the Nazi regime to get many who were threatened with imprisonment in concentration camps out of the country. In 1954 Geist was awarded the Order of Merit by the German Federal Republic.

[Source: Saul, Eric. "Visas for Life" exhibition, February, 2000; Strauss, Monica. "The Search for Raymond Herman Geist. A Hero Unsung in his Homeland, Aufbau, www.augbauonline.com/2000/issue1/pages1/12b.html]
Keyword: AMBASSADORS/DIPLOMATS/ENVOYS
AMERICANS
CLOSE-UPS
GEIST, RAYMOND HERMAN
GOVERNMENT OFFICIALS
RESCUERS/RESCUE
RESCUERS/RESCUE (DIPLOMATIC)
Photo Source: Eric Saul

Copyright: Agency Agreement (No Fees)

Provenance: National Archives and Records Administration, College Park

Source Record ID: File 48
: Record last modified: 2003-10-03 00:00:00
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