Tietjens had a doctorate in philosophy. In 1926 he became the fourth husband of Luigina von Fabrice.[1] His 1929 book Desuggestion, translated into English, was widely reviewed. In 1943 Tietjens and his wife Gina hid a Jewish shoe worker, Ruth Heynemann, and her mother, finding them false papers and taking care of them in their Berlin house. After Tietjens died of a heart attack, his wife continued to look after the women until the Russian army arrived. For this they have been recognized as among the Righteous Among the Nations.[2]
Works
Desuggestion; ihre Bedeutung und Auswertung: Gesundheit, Erfolg, Glück, Berlin: O. Elsner, 1929.
Translated by Eden and Cedar Paul as Desuggestion for the attainment of health, happiness, and success, London: Allen & Unwin, [1931].
^Israel Gutman & Sara Bender, Lexikon der Gerechten unter den Völkern: Deutsche und Österreicher, Wallstein Verlag, 2005, Vol. I, p.272; Edwin Tietjens – his activity to save Jews' lives during the Holocaust, at Yad Vashem website
