Margarete Blank

German doctor executed for defeatism during WW2

Margarete Blank
photographed in 1930
Born	(1901-02-21)21 February 1901 Kiev
Died	8 February 1945(1945-02-08) (aged 43) Dresden
Nationality	German
Other names	Margot
Occupation	Physician
Known for	Execution towards the end of the Second World War

Margarete Blank (1901–1945) was a German medical doctor who was executed for defeatist speech in 1945. There are now several memorials to her including street names in Engelsdorf and Panitzsch; old people's homes in Prenzlau and Thekla, Leipzig; schools in Panitzsch and Torgau; and an annual prize for a work of medical history at the Leipzig Medical School.^[1]^[2]^[3]^[4]^[5]

References

^ Gertrud Bobek (1987), Dr. Margarete Blank. Ein Lebensbild – dargestellt nach Berichten ihrer Mitkämpfer, Freunde und Patienten, SED-Kreisleitung Leipzig-Land
^ Luise Kraushaar (1970), Deutsche Widerstandskämpfer 1933 bis 1945. Biografien und Briefe, Dietz-Verlag, Berlin, pp. 124–126
^ Haig Latchinian (15 April 2018), "Wanderausstellung über hingerichtete Ärztin Margarete Blank wird in Leipzig eröffnet", Leipziger Volkszeitung
^ Andrea Lorz (2008), Ein Leben für die Wahrheit. Margarete Blank, Passage Verlag, Leipzig, ISBN 978-3-938543-57-3
^ Birgit Sack (2000), Dr. Margarete Blank (1901–1945). Justizmord und Erinnerungspolitik, ISBN 3-934382-00-2