- Libertas Schulze-Boysen
Libertas Schulze-Boysen, born Libertas Viktoria Haas-Heye (born
20 November 1913 inParis ; died22 December 1942 in Berlin-Plötzensee ) was a German opponent of theNazis who belonged to the Red Orchestra ("Rote Kapelle") resistance group during the time of theThird Reich .Life
's Berlin branch office as a press officer.
In 1934, she became acquainted with
Harro Schulze-Boysen , whom she married onJuly 16 ,1936 in Liebenberg. Early in 1937, she left theNSDAP , to which she had belonged since 1933. In the time that followed she wrote film critiques, among other things. At the same time, however, she gathered pictorial material about Germanwar crimes while in the ReichPropaganda Ministry. She supported her husband in the quest for likeminded opponents of the Nazi régime. In late October 1941, she met a Soviet Secret Service officer and put him in contact with her husband. Once their connections with the Soviet Union were discovered, Libertas and her husband were both arrested and brought before the "Reichskriegsgericht" ("Reich Court Martial") where they were charged. The trial ended on19 December 1942 with death sentences for both her and her husband. Libertas Schulze-Boysen was put to death the same day as her husband atPlötzensee Prison in Berlin.In the Berlin borough of
Lichtenberg in 1972, a street was named after the Schulze-Boysens (see link below).Her niece Rosita, Duchess of Marlborough (b. 1943) is named Dagmar Rosita Astrid Libertas, with the last name apparently commemorating her aunt.
She was a granddaughter of Prussian diplomat
Philip, Prince of Eulenburg through his youngest daughter Viktoria.External links
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* [http://www.berlingeschichte.de/Strassen/Bez17a/S528.htm Schulze-Boysen-Straße]
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