Remembrance of Amalie Breast: Experience resistance to the Nazi regime up close!
Remembrance of Amalie Breast: Experience resistance to the Nazi regime up close!
In the Amalie-Brust-Gasse in Vienna, a wreath-laying and rally will take place on June 12, 2025, the 115th birthday of Amalie Brust. This event, which begins at 11 a.m. and takes place in the presence of the district policy, serves to remember the resistance fighters against the Nazi regime. Especially in this year, 80 years after the end of the Second World War, the struggle and fate of women in resistance will be brought into focus. Meinverzirk reports that Amalie Brust was a born in Czech, before moving to England lived in Fenzlgasse 24 in the 15th district.
breast, which was auxiliary worker and a member of the Communist Party, returned to Vienna in 1939 at the age of 29. In the past, she had already been imprisoned several times, including 1935 for 41 days for the possession of communist contribution brands and later for the distribution of communist pilots. On September 15, 1939, their activities within a KJV group (Communist Youth Association) and the spread of illegal materials led to their arrest by the Gestapo. dhm.de added that women and breast were often overlooked when it came to recognizing their resistance, although they played a central role in the opposition against the Nazi regime.
Amalie Brut's resistance and her fate
After her arrest, Amalie Breast spent months in Gestapo-like, followed by a conviction in January 1941 to two years of prison for "political resistance and preparation for treason". After serving her prison sentence, she was deported to Ravensbrück concentration camp in 1941, where she died of Typhus on November 17, 1944. Her mother received an urn a few days after her death with her remains, which was initially buried at the Vienna Central Cemetery and has been against the Nazi regime in the national memorial of the resistance fighter since 1977.The courage and commitment of Amalie breast are not isolated cases; Many women were active in resistance during the Nazi era. In recent years, an increased appreciation of their actions has been shown, both through public memorial events and by naming schools and streets. mdr.de indicates that the historiography has often failed to appreciate these women appropriately and only as "woman, fan, girlfriend" Focuses on what harms your actual contribution to a better understanding of our history.
With the upcoming event,Vienna not only commemorates Amalie breast, but also all the brave women and men who have stood against one of the darkest epoch in human history. The leaning of the wreath symbolizes the respect and recognition that this resistance fighter is entitled to and should be considered even more.
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| Ort | Amalie-Brust-Gasse, 1150 Wien, Österreich |
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