They are the few that offer orientation, these quiet heroes who upheld the belief in humanity and moral courage at a time when the appalling majority of the nation kept still and looked away, allowing the atrocities of the National Socialists to occur. “With the opening of the, until now, only memorial site of this kind in all of Europe, the remembrance of those quiet heroes has been given an important framework,” said Mayor Klaus Wowereit at the dedication.


The Silent Heroes Memorial Center commemorates the 250 helpers and those they helped save, offers a look at the tragedy of their individual fates and the heroic courage of several citizens who individually and collectively helped their persecuted Jewish fellow citizens. The underground movement in Berlin provided a safe haven for 1300 Jews and provided others with the possibility of escape out of the country.