Lagi von Ballestrem, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death
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German opponent to Nazism, member of the Solf Circle
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Place of Birth: Upolu, Samoa
About Lagi von Ballestrem
- So'oa'emalelagi Gräfin von Ballestrem (née Solf, 31 August 1909 – 14 September 1955) was a part of the German resistance to Nazism as a member of the Solf Circle.
- She was born in Vailima, German Samoa as the daughter of Wilhelm Solf, the German colonial governor, and Hanna Solf.
- Her Samoan birth name was typically abbreviated to Lagi.She lived in Shanghai with her first husband Wolfgang Mohr (married 1932) where she helped Jewish refugees.
- She returned to Berlin in 1938, at which time she was questioned by the Gestapo.
- Her first marriage ended in 1939, the following year she married Hubert Graf von Ballestrem.
- Together with her mother Hanna, Lagi von Ballestrem planned escape routes for fleeing Jews and participated in secret meetings with other opponents of the Nazi regime.
- This group of intellectuals would later be known as the Solf Circle.The Solf Circle was betrayed to the Gestapo in late 1943, which led to its members being arrested.
- Ballestrem and her mother were transferred to Ravensbrück concentration camp.
- While many other members of the group were executed, Ballestrem and Solf were freed when the Red Army liberated Ravensbrück.
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