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Elisabeth Schumacher (née Hohenemser; April 28, 1904 – December 22, 1942) was a resistance fighter during the Third Reich. The resistance group she belonged to, the Red Orchestra (Rote Kapelle), was best known for their fight against National Socialism. Schumacher also trained as an artist before joining the resistance efforts.

Life

Elisabeth Schumacher was born in a well-off family to a Jewish father and Christian mother in Darmstadt. Her father, engineer Fritz Hohenemser, came from a family of bankers from Frankfurt am Main, while her mother came from Meiningen. In 1914, the family moved from Strasbourg (then part of Germany) to Frankfurt am Main. During the same year, Fritz Hohenemser died in action in the First World War, leading Elisabeth to move to Meiningen with her mother and siblings.

In 1921, Schumacher attended the School of Applied Arts (Kunstgewerbeschule) in Offenbach on and off until 1925. She worked at a crafts studio until 1928, in order to study art in Berlin, which she did until 1933. After completing her studies, Schumacher stayed in Berlin and applied for a permanent spot at the Reich Office for Industrial Safety. However, she was turned away because she was half-Jewish. This reason led to more difficulties finding a steady job, and as a result, Schumacher had to freelance. She was also active at the German Labour Museum (Deutsches Arbeitsmuseum).

While living in Berlin, Schumacher met her future husband, a man by the name of Kurt Schumacher. Kurt Schumacher was an anti-Nazi and sculptor. Together, Elisabeth and Kurt an organization to fight against Hitler's regime. The beginning of World War II solidified the need for this organization, and Elisabeth became more involved. The Schumachers's spent much time helping those affected by Nazi Germany, but were ultimately arrested in September of 1942. Elisabeth, along with her husband, died in December of the same year.

Resistance Activities

Elisabeth and her husband were inspired by Libertas and Harro Schulze-Boysen, and created an organization to fight against the Nazi regime. The start of World War II solidified this resolve. Later, the Schumachers joined Libertas and Harro Schulze-Boysen, along with Mildred and Arvid Harnack in their spy network, whom the Gestapo later dubbed the "Red Orchestra" (Rote Kapelle). The group was active giving out handbills and documenting the Nazi regime's crimes.

Schumacher wanted to protect Jewish relatives from deportation. Moreover, she believed there were possibilities of negotiating peace with the Soviet Union. Early in 1941, the Schumachers were involved in the attempt to warn the Soviet Union by wireless about the forthcoming German invasion (Operation Barbarossa). In August 1942, they took in the Communist Albert Hößler (or Hoessler), who had lived in the Soviet Union since the 1930s. He parachuted into Germany to support the resistance group's transmission of information to the Soviet Union.

Arrest and Death

Memorial for Elisabeth Schumacher in Frankfurt

In 1942, a wireless message was decoded, and many members of the Red Orchestra were arrested. On September 12th of that year, Schumacher was arrested at her flat. Both her and her husband were sentenced to death on December 19,1942 at the Reichskriegsgericht ("Reich Military Tribunal") for "conspiracy to commit high treason", espionage, and other political crimes. Schumacher was beheaded on December 22, 1942 at Plötzensee Prison, forty-five minutes after her husband was hung there.

Elisabeth Schumacher Quotes

"This war takes on ever crazier forms."

— March 1941

"There is a dreadful amount of hopelessness and misery here at every turn. Typhus has broken out in the Jewish barracks."

— from a letter to her family, 1941

Lourdes Work Log

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2.22.19 I worked on finding sources for the Wiki page on Elisabeth Schumacher. I read the information, and am now focusing on what information I want to include. (1.5 hours)

3.1.19 I copied and pasted the overview of Elisabeth Schumacher, along with the "Life" portion. I took out unnecessary information, and added more explanatory information. Also, I added more information that I got from my research to the "Life" section. I took out text that I believed was plagiarized, as well. (2 hours)

3.17.19 I added a Wikilink to Kurt Schumacher. I continued editing the Wikipedia article, adding more information and retracting information I didn't think belonged. I also added two images from Wikipedia. One is of Elisabeth and the other is her memorial. (2.5 hours)

3.31.19 I moved my work from my sandbox to the main space. I also checked that the images were okay to use; they both were. They were retrieved from Wikipedia and used in the original article. (1.5 hours)

4.7.19 I double checked my work in the article. (20 minutes)

Heather's Comments

2.25.2019- Looks great! Given the many sources you've found below, can you imagine which ones and what parts of them you'll need to update the article. In other words, what information is missing or needs verification in the Elisabeth Schumacher page? Note it in your log or another section. Next week, you'll need to copy and paste parts of the existing Wikipedia page on her in this Sandbox, where you'll work on it. Make sense?

3.11.2019- I enjoyed reading more about Shumacher's life. Keep it up! See if you can find any more about her art or her resistance activities. You're really improving the "life" section. Also, if there is a Wikipedia page for her husband, add a Wikilink to it.  :)

3.22.2019- Tremendous work, Lourdes. You're almost ready to move this to the main space (I looked and you haven't updated Elizabeth's Wikipedia page yet, but you should do that by 3/31.) I want to make sure both images you found have citations for them and that they are creative commons usage (okay to use). Can you check that? Otherwise, you're good to go. Thanks for improving this page for everyone else!

4.5.2019- Terrific! You're all done!

References:

Info on Elisabeth Schumacher from the German Resistance Memorial Center

Short biography of Elisabeth Schumacher

Ancestry of Elisabeth Schumacher