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Execution of Elfriede Scholz - Sister Of Erich Maria Remarque -The Most Hated Author In Nazi Germany

They claimed that he was Jewish and they also made the false claim that he had not seen active service during World War I. despite the fact that he had been wounded in combat. In 1938, his German citizenship was revoked. The Second World War began on the 1st of September, 1939 when Nazi Germany invaded Poland. In 1941, Elfriede married the musician Heinz Scholz and they had two children. 2 years later on the 2nd of February 1943, after months of fierce fighting and heavy casualties, the surviving German forces—only about 91,000 soldiers—surrendered Stalingrad on the Volga. The Battle of Stalingrad ended with the capitulation and near-total loss of the Sixth Army which was regarded as the best field army in the Wehrmacht. Before the Germans surrendered, the propaganda minister Joseph Goebbels had declared that the battle was a question of life or death, and all of German prestige, just as that of the Soviet Union, will depend on how it will end. And he was right. The battle for the city of Stalingrad proved a decisive psychological turning point, ending a string of German victories in the summer of 1942 and beginning the long retreat westward. Germany proved unable to defeat the Soviet Union, which together with Great Britain and the United States, seized the initiative from Germany. Germany's defeat shattered its reputation for invincibility and dealt a devastating blow to German morale. On 30 January 1943, the tenth anniversary of his coming to power, Hitler chose not to speak. Instead, Joseph Goebbels read the text of his speech for him on the radio. The speech contained an oblique reference to the battle, which suggested that Germany was now in a defensive war. The public mood was sullen, depressed, fearful, and war-weary. Elfriede Scholz made no secret of her critical stance toward National Socialism and war. She told an acquaintance and customer at her tailoring shop that she did not believe in the propaganda of a German “final victory” and that the German soldiers on the front were nothing but “beasts for the slaughter.” She also said she would kill Adolf Hitler. She made similar statements to her landlady. For these "anti-state statements" as the Nazis called them she would pay with her life. In the late summer of 1943 Elfriede Scholz was denounced, arrested and then tried before the Nazi "People's Court" which was infamous for its unfair political trials. The head judge of the court, Roland Freisler, was known as the "Hanging judge" as about 90% of his trials ended in death sentences. During the trial, Freisler told Elfriede “Your brother is unfortunately beyond our reach, but you will not escape us!” On October 29, 1943, the “People’s Court” under Freisler sentenced Elfriede to death for allegedly “subverting the war effort” and “aiding the enemy”. Her 2 pleas for clemency were rejected and before the execution the Nazis shaved hear head. Elfriede Scholz was 40 years old when she was beheaded by guillotine on 16 December 1943 in Berlin’s prison. After the execution, her body was handed over to the anatomist Hermann Stieve, who used it for his research focused on the effect of stress and other environmental factors on the female reproductive system. Not satisfied with taking Elfriede’s head off, the Nazi executioners sent a bill for ninety marks for her execution to her family. Erich Maria Remarque was unaware of his sister Elfriede's fate until after the war. At the time he was in exile in the United States where he had fled from Switzerland just before the outbreak of World War II in 1939. He only learned of Elfriede’s death in June 1946 and in 1952 he dedicated his novel Spark of Life to her. He later said that his sister had been involved in anti-Nazi resistance activities. Elfriede’s death sentence was not repealed until 1998 through the German Law on the abolition of National Socialist injustice in criminal law care. Elfriede’s bravery is honored in Germany to this day and in her native Osnabrück a street bears her name. Her story, as well as others like hers, serves as a beacon of courage in the face of the unjust, and cruel forces in the world. Join World History channel and get access to benefits:    / @worldhistoryvideos   Disclaimer: All opinions and comments below are from members of the public and do not reflect the views of World History channel. We do not accept promoting violence or hatred against individuals or groups based on attributes such as: race, nationality, religion, sex, gender, sexual orientation. World History has right to review the comments and delete them if they are deemed inappropriate. ► CLICK the SUBSCRIBE button for more interesting clips:    / @worldhistoryvideos   #worldhistory #worldwar2videos #ww2