Erich Hopp

born in Berlin on June 16, 1888 – died in Feldafing on October 8, 1949
Persecuted person
Erich Hopp, around 1945.

The Jewish writer and professor of literature Erich Hopp lived with his wife Charlotte and their son Wolfgang in Berlin-Friedenau. He had to perform forced labor from 1940. The family was threatened with deportation on June 1, 1942, and they went into hiding separately. Erich Hopp had to switch hiding places frequently for several months. From September 1942 he found refuge for almost two years with Selma Hopp, the non-Jewish widow of his deceased cousin Paul, in the Lichtenberg district, as did his son for a while. After that, Erich Hopp stayed in a house in Eichwalde southeast of Berlin, in which his wife Charlotte was employed as an allegedly “Aryan” domestic servant. The Hopp family were liberated there together. In 1949 Erich Hopp died in a displaced persons camp due to the consequences of his time in hiding. His wife and son then emigrated to the United States. A collection of 24 psalms written by Erich Hopp in his first hiding place was published under the title “O Mensch verzage nicht” (O man, do not despair) by the Stuttgart press Pontes-Verlag in 1947.

Familie Hopp, around 1938.
Familie Hopp, around 1938.
Psalms by Erich Hopp, written in hiding in 1942, published by Pontes-Verlag Berlin/Stuttgart in 1947.
Psalms by Erich Hopp, written in …

Persons

Selma Hopp

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