Krista Lavíčková (December 15, 1917–August 11, 1944) was a Czech secretary who fought against Nazism with the German Resistance group, the European Union.
She was arrested on September 3, 1943 and was tried along with her father, Paul Hatschek, at the Volksgerichtshof ("People's Court").
All were sentenced to death,[1][2] three of the sixteen members of the European Union who were executed by the Third Reich.
[5] She was also sentenced to death, charged with being connected to the European Union and with Wehrkraftzersetzung, a crime which included "undermining the military".
Including Lavíčková, her father and step-mother, there were sixteen members of the European Union executed by the Nazis.
[6] The record of her execution states, "The convict, who was calm and composed, was laid on the falling axe apparatus without resistance, whereupon the executioner performed the beheading with the guillotine and then reported that the sentence was carried out.
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