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unusual facts about German resistance



Anneliese Groscurth

Anneliese Groscurth (1910–1996) was the wife of Georg Groscurth and a member of the European Union, (Europäische Union) an antifascist German resistance group in Berlin, during the Nazi era.

Erich Kordt

Erich Kordt (10 December 1903 – 11 November 1969), was a German diplomat who was involved in the German Resistance to the regime of Adolf Hitler.

Hans and Sophie Scholl

Hans and Sophie Scholl, often referred to in German as die Geschwister Scholl (literally: the Scholl siblings), were a brother and sister who were members of the White Rose, a student group in Munich that was active in the non-violent resistance movement in Nazi Germany, especially in distributing flyers against the war and the dictatorship of Adolf Hitler.

Löwenberger Land

Libertas Schulze-Boysen, Resistance fighter, born November 20, 1913 in Paris, died December 22, 1942 in Berlin Plötzensee Prison, granddaughter of Philip von Eulenburg, spent her childhood at Liebenberg Castle.

Sulz am Neckar

Richard Schmid (1899–1986), lawyer and politician (SPD Landesminister in Baden-Württemberg) and member of the German resistance).

Wessel Freytag von Loringhoven

Wessel Freiherr Freytag von Loringhoven (10 November 1899, Groß-Born, Courland Governorate – 26 July 1944, Mauerwald, East Prussia), was a colonel in the High Command of the German Armed Forces (Oberkommando der Wehrmacht, or OKW) and a member of the German Resistance against German dictator Adolf Hitler (Widerstand).


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1st Canadian Parachute Battalion

By mid-day, and in spite of German resistance, the men of the battalion had achieved all their objectives; the bridges on the Dives and Divette in Varaville and Robehomme were cut, the left flank of the 9th Parachute Battalion at Merville was secure, and the crossroads at Le Mesnil was taken.

Commandos 3: Destination Berlin

With the German convoy scheduled to pass through a small town in Forbach, Sir Francis T. Woolridge and Thomas Hancock eliminate the town of all German resistance, allowing American soldiers to fortify the area and prepare for their arrival.

Operation Plunder

Fierce German resistance continued around Bienen, north of Rees, where the entire 9th Canadian Brigade was needed to relieve the Black Watch.

Plotting Hitler's Death: The German Resistance to Hitler, 1933–1945

Plotting Hitler's Death: The German Resistance To Hitler, 1933–1945 (ISBN 0-297-81774-4) is a 1994 book by historian Joachim Fest about the Germans, both civilian and military, who plotted to kill Adolf Hitler from 1933 onwards.

Smęcino

Ewald-Heinrich von Kleist-Schmenzin (1922-2013), German resistance fighter and publisher

Werner Schrader

Werner Schrader (* 7 March 1895 in Rottorf (today part of Königslutter), Germany, † 28 July 1944 in Zossen) was a German military officer involved in several plots by the German Resistance including the famous 20 July plot, a coup d'état attempting to assassinate Adolf Hitler.