Elfriede Remark, younger sister of writer Erich Maria Remarque, was born on 25 March 1903 in
Osnabrück. She was fifth) in 1941, then divorced. After two women reported to the Nazi regime that they overheard Elfriede as she was scolding the
Nazi Party and
Adolf Hitler, she was arrested in Dresden on August 18, 1943, and imprisoned in the prison in
Moabit, Berlin. She was indicted by the
People's Court (
Volksgerichtshof) on October 26, 1943, on charges of
Wehrkraftzersetzung (undermining the war effort), specifically by "continuing and publicly undermining the military strength of the German people and aiding and abetting the enemy". On October 29, Elfriede was sentenced to death by the court's presiding judge
Roland Freisler, who declared, "" ("Your brother is unfortunately beyond our reach you, however, will not escape us.") She was directed for execution to
Plötzensee Prison in
Berlin, but authorities unexpectedly cancelled the execution, because the execution paper was burnt during an
Allied air raid, and after a week in the Plötzensee Prison she was directed to the
Barnimstrasse women's prison, then a month later she was directed back to Plötzensee and guillotined on December 16, 1943. == Legacy ==