Hanna Solf

Johanna Susanne Elisabeth Solf (née Dotti, 14 November 1887 – 4 November 1954) was a member of the German resistance to Nazism[1] and the founder of the Solf Circle group of intellectuals, opposed to the Nazi regime.

[1] Solf and her daughter sheltered Jewish families in their house and helped others find hiding places.

[4] In September 1943, Solf attended a tea party organised by Elisabeth von Thadden.

[4] Hanna Solf was detained on 12 January 1944 and ultimately brought to Ravensbrück concentration camp.

[5] While several members of the group were executed, Solf and her daughter were freed before their trial when the Red Army liberated Ravensbrück.

Hanna Solf as a prosecution witness at the Nuremberg trials (1947)