Hiltgunt Marget Zassenhaus
1916 - 2004
Personal Information
Born: 1916
Died: 2004
Country of Birth: Germany
Nationality: German-American
Ethnicity: White
Professional Life
Awards & Achievements
Awards: 1948 Red Cross Medal;
Achievements: in Germany during WWII Instead of abiding by German prison rules, she smuggled in food, medicine, and writing materials for those captured;
first act of defiance occurred as a schoolgirl when she refused to salute Hitler and opted to break a classroom window instead
emigrated to Baltimore after WWII
was a 1974 nominee for the Nobel Peace Prize