Military > Anti-Nazi Resistance Archives

Dr Irena Białówna

In 1943, Dr. Irena Białówna was arrested by the Gestapo for her work in the underground resistance movement.

Rokhl Auerbakh

Polish-Jewish writer, escaped from the Warsaw Ghetto and worked as a Polish secretary on the Aryan side, leveraging her non-Jewish appearance and German fluency.

Agnès Humbert

French art historian and ethnographer Agnès Humbert was also a member of the French Resistance during World War II.

Sofka Skipwith

Russian princess who worked to save Jews from the Holocaust.

When Kyiv fell under German occupation in 1941, Markus joined the underground resistance. She carried out sabotage missions, often disguised as innocent gestures, like throwing a grenade hidden as a bouquet. Using a false identity as “Marcousisse,” she worked at an officer’s dining facility, poisoning SS officers’ meals and eliminating a valuable Gestapo informant.

Mildred Harnack

American literary historian, translator, and a member of the German resistance against the Nazi regime.

Marianne Joachim

Jewish German resistance activist during the Nazi era, actively involved with the “Prenzlauer Berg Antifascist Group” (Antifaschistischen Gruppe im Prenzlauer Berg Berlin / AGiP).

Irena Sendler

Vital member of the Polish Underground Resistance during World War II in German-occupied Warsaw, heading the children’s section of Żegota from October 1943.