Käthe Niederkirchner, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

Käthe Niederkirchner

German Communist anti-Nazi resistance activist

Date of Birth: 07-Oct-1909

Place of Birth: Berlin

Date of Death: 28-Sep-1944

Profession: politician, resistance fighter

Nationality: Germany

Zodiac Sign: Libra

Käthe Niederkirchner (7 October 1909 - 28 September 1944) was a German Communist resistance activist whose life ended after she was shot by Nazi paramilitaries on the night of 27/28 September 1944 at Ravensbrück concentration camp.Although the number of people who died under not dissimilar circumstances is incalculably large, one of several things that marks out the case of Käthe Niederkirchner is the extent to which she was celebrated by public authorities after her death.
One example among many was the East German Cargo ship "Käthe Niederkirchner" which was named after her, and which in 1965, on just her second voyage since launch, hit the headlines in Scotland when, carrying a cargo of sugar from Cuba towards Rostock, she ran aground (without loss of life) on Muckle Skerry, in the Pentland Firth.