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Portrait of Dr. Raymond Herman Geist.

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    Portrait of Dr. Raymond Herman Geist.
    Portrait of Dr. Raymond Herman Geist.

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    Portrait of Dr. Raymond Herman Geist.
    Photo Credit
    United States Holocaust Memorial Museum, courtesy of Eric Saul

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    Eric Saul
    Copyright: Agency Agreement (No Fees)
    Provenance: National Archives and Records Administration, College Park
    Source Record ID: File 48

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    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]
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    2003-10-03 00:00:00
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