# Marianne Grunthal

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Marianne Grunthal is a memorial in Schwerin, marking a teacher killed by Nazi authorities in 1945. The site stands at the station square, where SS men executed her beside a tram pole. Born in Zehdenick near Berlin, she studied pedagogy and taught at the Robert Heinrich School. In April 1945, she fled Berlin with a friend among refugees travelling towards Mecklenburg.

At Schwerin station, news of Hitler’s death prompted her to express relief and hope for peace. Nazi officials arrested and brutally beat her before imposing a death sentence. A rope broke during the attempted hanging, but a wire noose killed her days before the war ended. Grunthalplatz now commemorates her and others persecuted under Nazi rule, giving the square a place for reflection. Her story connects one spoken hope for peace with the violence of the Nazi regime.

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