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Lavíčková, née Hatschek, was born in [[Ostrava|Mährisch-Ostrau]], Czechoslovakia.<ref name="letter">[http://www.gedenkstaette-ploetzensee.de/zoom/05_4_e.html Paragraph in English under Krista Lavíčková's handwritten farewell letter in German] Gedenstätte-Plötzensee. Retrieved August 16, 2011</ref> As an adult, she lived in Prague, where she worked as a secretary. On September 3, 1943, she was arrested by the Nazis. Tried with her father at the Nazi "People's Court", they were both sentenced to death on March 27, 1944. Before her execution, she was imprisoned at the women's prison on Barnimstrasse, in Berlin.<ref>[http://ml-architekten.de/barnim/html/1933_1945/namen.html List of inmates who were executed] Retrieved August 14, 2011 {{de icon}}</ref> Her father's second wife, [[Elli Hatschek]], was arrested with her father, but was tried separately.<ref name="gdw-eh">[http://www.gedenkstaette-ploetzensee.de/zoom/05_3_e.html Photo (by the Gestapo) and short biography of Elli Hatschek] Gedenkstätte-Plötzensee. Retrieved August 14, 2011</ref> She was also sentenced to death, charged with being connected to the German Resistance group that her father worked with, the [[European Union (resistance group)|European Union]] and with ''[[Wehrkraftzersetzung]]''. Lavíčková's father was executed by [[guillotine]] on May 15, 1944 at [[Brandenburg-Görden Prison]]. She was executed, also by guillotine, at [[Plötzensee Prison]] on August 11, 1944. The record of her execution notes that it took seven seconds from the time she was led to the guillotine till it was announced that the sentence had been carried out.<ref>[http://www.gedenkstaette-ploetzensee.de/zoom/05_5_e.html "Record of the execution of Krista Lavíčková on August 11, 1944"] Gedenstätte-Plötzensee. Retrieved August 17, 2011 {{de icon}}</ref> Elli Hatschek was not tried until November 1944. Like Lavíčková, she was executed by guillotine at Plötzensee Prison on December 8, 1944.<ref name="gdw-eh" /> |
Lavíčková, née Hatschek, was born in [[Ostrava|Mährisch-Ostrau]], Czechoslovakia.<ref name="letter">[http://www.gedenkstaette-ploetzensee.de/zoom/05_4_e.html Paragraph in English under Krista Lavíčková's handwritten farewell letter in German] Gedenstätte-Plötzensee. Retrieved August 16, 2011</ref> As an adult, she lived in Prague, where she worked as a secretary. On September 3, 1943, she was arrested by the Nazis. Tried with her father at the Nazi "People's Court", they were both sentenced to death on March 27, 1944. Before her execution, she was imprisoned at the women's prison on Barnimstrasse, in Berlin.<ref>[http://ml-architekten.de/barnim/html/1933_1945/namen.html List of inmates who were executed] Retrieved August 14, 2011 {{de icon}}</ref> Her father's second wife, [[Elli Hatschek]], was arrested with her father, but was tried separately.<ref name="gdw-eh">[http://www.gedenkstaette-ploetzensee.de/zoom/05_3_e.html Photo (by the Gestapo) and short biography of Elli Hatschek] Gedenkstätte-Plötzensee. Retrieved August 14, 2011</ref> She was also sentenced to death, charged with being connected to the German Resistance group that her father worked with, the [[European Union (resistance group)|European Union]] and with ''[[Wehrkraftzersetzung]]''. Lavíčková's father was executed by [[guillotine]] on May 15, 1944 at [[Brandenburg-Görden Prison]]. She was executed, also by guillotine, at [[Plötzensee Prison]] on August 11, 1944. The record of her execution notes that it took seven seconds from the time she was led to the guillotine till it was announced that the sentence had been carried out.<ref>[http://www.gedenkstaette-ploetzensee.de/zoom/05_5_e.html "Record of the execution of Krista Lavíčková on August 11, 1944"] Gedenstätte-Plötzensee. Retrieved August 17, 2011 {{de icon}}</ref> Elli Hatschek was not tried until November 1944. Like Lavíčková, she was executed by guillotine at Plötzensee Prison on December 8, 1944.<ref name="gdw-eh" /> |
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Lavíčková was married. Her farewell letter, written before her execution, is addressed to Ilsinko and Friedl.<ref name="letter" /> |
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Revision as of 23:56, 16 August 2011
Krista Lavíčková (December 15, 1917–August 11, 1944) was a Czech citizen who fought in the German Resistance against Nazism. She was arrested on September 3, 1943 and was tried along with her father, Paul Hatschek, at the Volksgerichtshof ("People's Court"). Both were sentenced to death.
Biographical details
Lavíčková, née Hatschek, was born in Mährisch-Ostrau, Czechoslovakia.[1] As an adult, she lived in Prague, where she worked as a secretary. On September 3, 1943, she was arrested by the Nazis. Tried with her father at the Nazi "People's Court", they were both sentenced to death on March 27, 1944. Before her execution, she was imprisoned at the women's prison on Barnimstrasse, in Berlin.[2] Her father's second wife, Elli Hatschek, was arrested with her father, but was tried separately.[3] She was also sentenced to death, charged with being connected to the German Resistance group that her father worked with, the European Union and with Wehrkraftzersetzung. Lavíčková's father was executed by guillotine on May 15, 1944 at Brandenburg-Görden Prison. She was executed, also by guillotine, at Plötzensee Prison on August 11, 1944. The record of her execution notes that it took seven seconds from the time she was led to the guillotine till it was announced that the sentence had been carried out.[4] Elli Hatschek was not tried until November 1944. Like Lavíčková, she was executed by guillotine at Plötzensee Prison on December 8, 1944.[3]
Lavíčková was married. Her farewell letter, written before her execution, is addressed to Ilsinko and Friedl.[1]
References
- ^ a b Paragraph in English under Krista Lavíčková's handwritten farewell letter in German Gedenstätte-Plötzensee. Retrieved August 16, 2011
- ^ List of inmates who were executed Retrieved August 14, 2011 Template:De icon
- ^ a b Photo (by the Gestapo) and short biography of Elli Hatschek Gedenkstätte-Plötzensee. Retrieved August 14, 2011
- ^ "Record of the execution of Krista Lavíčková on August 11, 1944" Gedenstätte-Plötzensee. Retrieved August 17, 2011 Template:De icon