Marie Burde

Marie Gertrud Anna Burde, nicknamed Mieze (9 June 1892 – 12 July 1963), was a German rag-and-bone woman who hid three young Jewish men during the Nazi era, thus saving their lives. Burde and the men first lived together in Burde's bare downstairs apartment in Berlin, and after her apartment building was destroyed by bombs, the group of four moved to Schönow near Bernau. They built a rude shelter on a lot that she owned there. Burde and three men — two brothers Alfred and Rolf Joseph and Arthur Fordanski — survived the war, but Alfred was in a concentration camp in the latter part of the war. What is known about Burde is based primarily on the memories of Rolf Joseph (1920–2012), who came from a religious Jewish family. the only child of Anna and Karl Burde. She made a living by collecting and selling old goods and selling newspapers. an area that was inhabited by working class people.

Rolf, who was said to have been tortured several times by authorities, in the spring of 1944. He died on 29 November 2012, and Alfred died less than two years later, on 11 April 2014.

Recognition In Schönow, a district of Bernau since 2003, a street is named after her. On 14 February 2012 she was posthumously awarded the honorary title Righteous Among the Nations in Yad Vashem. The Israeli Embassy hosted the event that was dedicated to "Resistance Against the Persecution of the Jews". The Berlin Commemorative Plaque was erected in her honor at Tegeler Straße 15 in Berlin-Wedding on 13 July 2015. In English, it says: