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German doctor executed for defeatism during WW2

Margarete Blank
photographed in 1930
Born(1901-02-21)21 February 1901
Kiev
Died8 February 1945(1945-02-08) (aged 43)
Dresden
NationalityGerman
Other namesMargot
OccupationPhysician
Known forExecution towards the end of the Second World War
Memorial in Panitzsch

Margarete Blank (1901–1945) was a German medical doctor who was executed for defeatist speech in 1945. There are now several memorials to her including street names in Engelsdorf and Panitzsch; old people's homes in Prenzlau and Thekla, Leipzig; schools in Panitzsch and Torgau; and an annual prize for a work of medical history at the Leipzig Medical School.

References

  1. Gertrud Bobek (1987), Dr. Margarete Blank. Ein Lebensbild – dargestellt nach Berichten ihrer Mitkämpfer, Freunde und Patienten, SED-Kreisleitung Leipzig-Land
  2. Luise Kraushaar (1970), Deutsche Widerstandskämpfer 1933 bis 1945. Biografien und Briefe, Dietz-Verlag, Berlin, pp. 124–126
  3. Haig Latchinian (15 April 2018), "Wanderausstellung über hingerichtete Ärztin Margarete Blank wird in Leipzig eröffnet", Leipziger Volkszeitung
  4. Andrea Lorz (2008), Ein Leben für die Wahrheit. Margarete Blank, Passage Verlag, Leipzig, ISBN 978-3-938543-57-3
  5. Birgit Sack (2000), Dr. Margarete Blank (1901–1945). Justizmord und Erinnerungspolitik, ISBN 3-934382-00-2

Literature by and about Margarete Blank in the German National Library catalogue


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