Adele Stürzl

Adele Stürzl (November 23, 1892 – June 30, 1944)[1] was an Austrian communist and resistance fighter against National Socialism.

Stürzl was born in Vienna, her parents were originally from South Bohemia near Znojmo.

She collaborated with other resistance fighters around the Robert Uhrig group, they regularly met also at her house.

In November 1942, Stürzl was convicted in Innsbruck of helping a deserter and sentenced to four years in prison.

[1] Probably on June 30, 1944 (some sources mention August 16, 1944), she was executed in Stadelheim Prison in Munich.

Adele Stürzl after being arrested ca. 1942