Wilmington in New Castle County, Delaware — The American Northeast (Mid-Atlantic)

Unknown Righteous Gentiles

Photographed by Pete Skillman, November 5, 2024

1. Unknown Righteous Gentiles Marker

Inscription. Many Jews were able to survive the Holocaust because of the actions of Unknown Righteous Gentiles. Most Righteous Gentiles remained anonymous for reasons of self-preservation: If they had been found out, the Nazis would have killed them and their families. Others stayed anonymous for various personal reasons. Among the Jews whose lives were spared because of assistance rendered by such unknown individuals were Terry Dannemann of Dover and Dorothy Krause Finger of Wilmington. Terry was living near Tarnov in Galicia when the war broke out. In July 1941, her family met a young Polish man who hid them in a stable on his parents' farm, then led them to the ghetto of Dembica, where they hid in a cellar for several days. He refused payment for his actions. Terry was smuggled out of the ghetto to the train station, where she mixed with Poles going to work near Heidelberg, Germany. She spent the rest of the war there disguised as a Roman Catholic Pole named Teresa Kowalska. Along with eleven other Jews, including her mother, 13-year-old Dorothy was locked in the attic of a barn in her native town of Chodorow in Galicia for three

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days in March 1943. The group paid the man who lived there to hide them while the town was being rid of Jews. Dorothy subsequently survived the war in three ghettos, a labor camp, and the forest near Przemysl in Galicia.

Topics and series. This historical marker is listed in these topic lists: Charity & Public Work • Religion & Religious Structures • War, World II. In addition, it is included in the The Holocaust series list.

Location. 39° 48.58′ N, 75° 33.174′ W. Marker is in Wilmington, Delaware, in New Castle County. It can be reached from Garden of Eden Road. Touch for map. Marker is at or near this postal address: 18 Garden of Eden Rd, Wilmington DE 19803, United States of America. Touch for directions.

Regionally, this marker is in Greater Philadelphia.

It is also in the American Mid-Atlantic,

on the Delmarva Peninsula,

and on the Eastern Seaboard. Globally, it is in the North Atlantic Region,

North America,

the Western Hemisphere,

the Western World,

and the Anglosphere.

Historically, it finds itself in what was once New Netherland

and also one of the original

Unknown Righteous Gentiles Marker - wide view image. Click for full size.

Photographed by Pete Skillman, November 5, 2024

2. Unknown Righteous Gentiles Marker - wide view

Thirteen Colonies.

Other nearby markers. At least 8 other markers are within walking distance of this marker: Nora and Lois Loeffler (here, next to this marker); Juzef Tunkewicz (here, next to this marker); King Christian of Denmark, The Danish Church, and the Danish People (here, next to this marker); Mr. Krivienko (a few steps from this marker); Artis Amsterdam Zoo (a few steps from this marker); Piprot d'Alleaume (a few steps from this marker); Children's Memorial (a few steps from this marker); Noel Barrot (a few steps from this marker). Touch for a list and map of all markers in Wilmington.

More about this marker. Marker is located in the Garden of the Righteous Gentiles.

Related marker. Click here for another marker that is related to this marker.

Credits. This page was last revised on November 6, 2024. It was originally submitted on November 5, 2024, by Pete Skillman of Wilmington, Delaware. This page has been viewed 142 times since then and 16 times this year. Photos: 1, 2. submitted on November 5, 2024, by Pete Skillman of Wilmington, Delaware.