Mildred Harnack
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Mildred Elizabeth Harnack was an American literary historian, translator, and member of the German resistance against the Nazi regime. After marrying Arvid Harnack, she moved to Germany in 1929, where
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Commemorative stamp honouring Mildred Harnack and her husband Arvid issued by the Deutsche Post of the GDR in 1964
Commemorative plaque at the Peter A. Silbermann School/Friedrich Ebert Secondary School in Berlin-Wilmersdorf
Memorial plaque at the Berlin building where the Harnacks lived, 61 Hasenheide, Berlin-Neukölln
Hermann Stieve
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Hermann Philipp Rudolf Stieve was a German physician, anatomist and histologist. Following his medical studies, he served in the German Army during World War I and became interested in the effect of s
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…direct orders of Adolf Hitler. After her execution, her body was released to the Charité Anatomical Institute and Humboldt University anatomy professor Hermann Stieve to be dissected for his research into the effects of stress, caused by awaiting execution, on the menstrual cycle. After he was finished, he gave what…
Plötzensee Prison, where Stieve obtained bodies daily
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Mildred Fish Harnack, executed for espionage in 1943. Her body is the only one of the 182 Stieve used for research whose burial location is known