Hermann Friedrich Graebe was an engineer born in 1900. He was raised in Gräfrath, a town in southwestern Germany. Hermann was a member of the Nazi party for three years, but dropped out in 1934 when he stopped agreeing with the party’s ideals. In 1941, He was the supervisor of the fortification process on Germany’s western boarder for the war. He employed many Jews and requested that they continue to work for him because they were “essential,” similar to the well-known Schindler, by accepting more assignments than he could possibly do. In July of 1942, he transported all of the Jewish workers to the Russian line and escaped with his car. His conviction and desire to save Jews was born after being forced to watch 5,000 Jews shot over pre-dug mass graves.