Kurt Lingens

Kurt Ludwig Josef Maria Lingens (31 May 1912 – 1966) was a German anti-fascist militant and physician. He and his wife, Ella Lingens, were honoured by Yad Vashem, which named them Righteous Among the Nations.

Life Kurt Ludwig Josef Maria Lingens was born on 31 May 1912, in Düsseldorf. He was disqualified from all German academies in 1933 because of his membership in an anti-fascist group of students. His father, chief of police in Cologne, Germany, was fired from his job in 1936 because he was associated with the Catholic, anti-Nazi Zentrumspartei, and because he had tried to thwart Sturmabteilung persecution of Catholics.

Arrests and punishment On 13 October 1942, the Lingenses and Motesiczky were arrested because they financially supported members of the Polish resistance and because they distributed faked IDs.

In 1980, he was posthumously honoured by Yad Vashem with the medal of honour, "Righteous Among the Nations". His widow, Ella, was given the award that same year.

The Lingenses' son is the Austrian journalist Peter Michael Lingens.