Marianne Grunthal, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death
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Place of Birth: Zehdenick, Brandenburg, Germany
About Marianne Grunthal
- Marianne Grunthal (31 January 1896 - 2 May 1945, Schwerin) was a German teacher who was executed under the Nazi regime for expressing her wish for peace. Grunthal was born in Zehdenick, Province of Brandenburg.
- In 1945, after having heard the news of Hitler's death, she had called out aloud with relief, "Gott sei Dank, dann ist der furchtbare Krieg endlich zu Ende".
- (English: "Thank god, then this terrible war will be over at last", different version: "Thank God, then there will be peace".) She was heard by SS guards who were on their way to bring prisoners from Ravensbrück and Sachsenhausen concentration camps on so-called death marches towards the west.
- For having spoken this single sentence, Grunthal was hanged by SS men on 2 May 1945 on the Schwerin Central Station square - only hours before American troops entered the city. Today, the station square is named after Marianne Grunthal, as is a street in Zehdenick.
- The lamp post on which she was hanged is still standing, bearing a memorial plaque. Her grave is situated on the Nordfriedhof (Northern cemetery) in the City of Zehdenick (State of Brandenburg).
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