Maria Broel-Plater-Skassa
Maria Janina Broel-Plater-Skassa (born December 18, 1913 in Warsaw ; † February 21, 2005 there ) was a victim of gas fire attempts during the National Socialist era .
Life
In 1936 Plater received a pharmaceutical training. In September 1939 she fled to Hungary. In August 1940 she returned to Poland, joined the resistance movement and led a group of couriers. On June 12, 1941, she was arrested and tortured by the Gestapo in Lublin Prison .
On September 23, 1941, Plater was taken to the Ravensbrück concentration camp and worked in road construction. In the winter of 1942/1943 she was the victim of medical experiments. She was inflicted with wounds on her lower legs that were infected with gas burn. When she returned to work four weeks later, her legs had not healed. In March 1943, Maria B. Plater and other prisoners protested against the operations at the camp administration.
On April 23, 1945, Plater was liberated by the Red Army . On December 19, 1946, Plater testified together with three other trial victims at the Nuremberg medical trial . Only then did you find out about the aims of the experiments. In 1995 Maria Broel-Plater described her experiences in the documentary “Man called us rabbits” by Loretta Walz . From 2001 she lived in Warsaw.
media
- Loretta Walz (script and direction): We were called rabbits. The medical experiments on Polish women in Ravensbrück (FRG, 1995, 55 min.)
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| personal data | |
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| SURNAME | Broel-Plater-Skassa, Maria |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Broel-Plater-Skassa, Maria Janina (full name) |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Polish resistance fighter, victim of gas fire attempts during the National Socialist era |
| DATE OF BIRTH | December 18, 1913 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Warsaw |
| DATE OF DEATH | February 21, 2005 |
| Place of death | Warsaw |