Monica Wichfeld

Monica Wichfeld
Born
Monica Emily Massy-Beresford

(1894-07-12)12 July 1894
Belgravia, London, England; raised in County Fermanagh
Died27 February 1945(1945-02-27) (aged 50)
Waldheim Prison, Waldheim, Nazi Germany
Occupation(s)Entrepreneur, resistance fighter
Parent(s)John George Beresford Massy-Beresford,
Hon. Alice Elizabeth, Mulholland
RelativesGrandfather: The 1st Baron Dunleath
Children: Ivan Wichfeld, Varinka Wichfeld Muus, and Viggo Wichfeld[1]

Monica Emily Wichfeld (née Massy-Beresford; 12 July 1894 – 27 February 1945) was a leading member of the Danish resistance during the German occupation of Denmark in the Second World War. She was the first woman in Denmark to receive a capital sentence for resistance against the Nazis, but argued for its commutation to imprisonment.

  1. ^ "Woman who grew up in Fermanagh was active in the Danish Resistance". News Letter. 1 July 2019. Retrieved 18 September 2019.