Hildegard Jadamowitz (February 12, 1916, Berlin – August 18, 1942,

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), was a German communist activist and a member of the German resistance against

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. She joined the League of

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at the age of 15. After she was arrested and released by the police, she joined a resistance movement led by

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, and there met her future companion, Werner Steinbrinck. With his help, she wrote flyers and tried to establish links with other resistance organizations, in order to create an "anti-fascist front". In May 1942, she took part in an

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attack on the

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and

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'', organized in the

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by the

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. The attack caused minor damage, but a large number of members of the group were arrested. Jadamowitz was arrested, sentenced to death on July 16, 1942, by the Volksgerichtshof and executed on August 18.

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