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The following is an archived discussion of the DYK nomination of the article below. Please do not modify this page. Subsequent comments should be made on the appropriate discussion page (such as this nomination's talk page, the article's talk page or Wikipedia talk:Did you know), unless there is consensus to re-open the discussion at this page. No further edits should be made to this page.

The result was: promoted by Cwmhiraeth (talk) 06:54, 17 February 2019 (UTC)

Helmut Kleinicke

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  • ... that Helmut Kleinicke was dismissed from his job because he was caught helping Jews escape? Source: French
    • ALT1:... that Helmut Kleinicke did not answer letters from Jews that he had rescued during the Holocaust, because, according to his daughter, he felt guilty that he had not saved more lives? German

Moved to mainspace by Buidhe (talk). Self-nominated at 20:26, 19 January 2019 (UTC).

  • New enough, long enough, well referenced, QPQ done. I had a look in the references, they support the statements in the article and the hooks, and there does not appear to be close paraphrasing. Certainly interesting as a topic, although if I might suggest expansing the original hook by stating that Kleinicke's job was in Auschwitz concentration camp, it adds quite another dimension to his actions. Likewise, for ALT, the reason for him not answering the letters should be attributed to his daughter (e.g., "because according to his daughter, ..."). Constantine 18:46, 20 January 2019 (UTC)
  • @Cplakidas: Tks for the review. The problem is that sources are not clear that he was still working at Auschwitz in 1943. Also, mentioning Auschwitz in the hook makes it seem as if he was helping the Jews escape from Auschwitz, which is quite another matter. buidhe 19:02, 20 January 2019 (UTC)
  • Thanks for the prompt response and clarification. You are absolutely right to be cautious on this. Nomination is now good to go. Cheers, Constantine 19:07, 20 January 2019 (UTC)
  • Note to promoter: could you please give credit to Gsella, who created the article.