Georg was born September 29, 1904. This is where Georg was from. He was born to an old Patrician family in a Hanseatic city. He finished Commercial Collage then pursued his career of coffee trade residing for several years in Scandinavian countries.
What Georg did to help is he had fishermen ferry them across to Sweden. This was a nationwide effort. He made a secret visit to neutral Sweden and convinced the Prime Minister to allow Denmark's refugees to escape to Sweden. When he was doing this he was risking his career. He rescued about 99% of Denmark's Jews. He rescued 7,000 Jews , but 500 elderly and sick were caught and were taken to camp Theresieenstadt. Also he warned them in advance about what was going to happen.
The Nazi Foregin Ministry made him the German embassy in Copenhagen, Denmark as an expert in maritime affairs in 1939. March 29, 1971 Yad Vashem decided to recognize Georg Ferdinand Duckwitz as Righteous Among the Nations. He died February 16,1973. Georg was 69 years old when he passed away.