Liane Berkowitz: Berlin’s Young Voice of Resistance Against Nazis
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At just nineteen, Liane Berkowitz stood against Hitler’s regime with nothing but courage and conviction.
A Berlin student, she joined the Red Orchestra resistance network and risked everything to expose Nazi lies.
Arrested, tortured, and condemned while pregnant, she faced death with faith and dignity — writing her final words before being executed by guillotine in Plötzensee Prison.
Her story is a haunting symbol of youthful defiance and the price of freedom under tyranny.
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