Maria Terwiel [SEP] place of death
Maria Terwiel
Maria Terwiel (7 June 1910 in Boppard – 5 August 1943 in Berlin-Plötzensee, executed) was a German resistance fighter in the Third Reich. She belonged to the Red Orchestra resistance group.
Life.
Her father was a high official in the Pomeranian government, and her mother was Jewish. Maria completed her "Abitur" at a "Gymnasium" in Stettin (now Szczecin in Poland) in 1931, after which she studied law in Freiburg (Baden-Württemberg) and Munich. During
" ("Reich Military Tribunal"). She was put to death at Plötzensee Prison in Berlin.
Literature.
- Pruß, Ursula (2014), Maria Terwiel. In: Helmut Moll, (ed.), Zeugen für Christus. Das deutsche Martyrologium des 20. Jahrhunderts, Paderborn, vol. I, pp 146-149.
- Tuchel, Johannes (1994), Maria Terwiel und Helmut Himpel. Christen in der Roten Kapelle. In: Hans Coppi junior, Jürgen Danyel, Johannes Tuchel