Sophie Leifhelm
Sophie Leifhelm b. Hennicke (born November 30, 1890 in Graz , † March 1945 in Ravensbrück ) was an Austrian communist writer , resistance fighter against the German occupiers and a victim of the Nazi regime .
Life
Sophie Hennicke had married the soldier Hans Leifhelm in 1917 and became the mother of their daughter Elfriede (1917–1997) with him. Together with her husband, she was active in the political work of the Social Democratic Party of Austria (SPÖ). In 1934 she separated from her husband and got involved with the " Red Aid ". In 1938 she moved to Vienna . Here she got a job in the Wehrmacht's foreign letter inspection center . In 1943, she was arrested because of their communist activity and on 11 January 1944 by the Gestapo Vienna fingerprinted and treated. On July 12, 1944, she was deported to the Ravensbrück concentration camp via the Leipzig intermediate station . Her life ended there in March 1945 at the age of 54.
literature
- Center for political beauty (ed.): To posterity. Latest news and testimonies from Nazi victims against forgetting , Berlin 2019, p. 166, ISBN 978-3-00-064453-5 .
Individual evidence
- ↑ http://alltag.mur.at/lexikon/leifhelm-sophie
- ^ Sophie Leifhelm in the documentation archive of the Austrian resistance
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Leifhelm, Sophie |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Hennicke, Sophie |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Austrian communist resistance fighter and victim of the Nazi regime |
| DATE OF BIRTH | November 30, 1890 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Graz |
| DATE OF DEATH | March 1945 |
| Place of death | Ravensbrück |