Olga Benário Prestes
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Olga Benário Prestes was a German-Brazilian communist militant executed by Nazi Germany.
Olga Benário in 1928
Olga Benário Prestes during her imprisonment in Brazil in 1936. She was shortly afterwards deported to Germany and executed by Nazi Regime in Bernburg Euthanasia Centre
Olga Benário Prestes
"Die Tragende" ("The bearer") by Will Lammert, memorial created after Benário Prestes at Ravensbrück KZ
Bernburg killing centre
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The Euthanasia Centre at Bernburg was a killing centre used by the Nazis in the mass-murder of approximately 15,000 people between 21 November 1940 and 30 July 1943. It was located in a separate wing
Olga Benário Prestes
…the birth of her child, Olga was sent to Lichtenburg concentration camp in 1938, transferred to Ravensbrück concentration camp in 1939, and finally to Bernburg Euthanasia Centre in 1942, where she was gassed alongside hundreds of other female political prisoners. As Vargas joined the United Nations and Brazil entered World War…
Extermination wing
The gas chamber, designed by Erwin Lambert
Irmfried Eberl, one of the doctors who administered euthanasia