Episode 1119
Renate von Natzmer
Wed, 2020-May-27 00:53 UTC
Length - 1:41
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The random article for Wednesday, 27 May 2020 is Renate von Natzmer.
Renate von Natzmer (1898 in Borkow (Kreis Schlawe, Pomerania) – February 18, 1935 in Berlin) was a German noblewoman who worked for the army during the Weimar Republic and Third Reich. She also worked for Polish intelligence. In the early 1930s, she met Polish agent major Jerzy Sosnowski and she became, like her friend Benita von Falkenhayn, his lover. They were arrested for spying and treason. Von Falkenhayn and von Natzmer were found guilty and sentenced to death.
Two days later, after appeals for clemency had been turned down, they became two of the last people in Germany to be beheaded by axe, at Plötzensee Prison in Berlin. In 1938, Adolf Hitler decreed that future executions should be by hanging or the guillotine.
This recording reflects the Wikipedia text as of 00:53 UTC on Wednesday, 27 May 2020.
For the full current version of the article, see Renate von Natzmer on Wikipedia.
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