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Memorial Julius Leber

This memorial, at Lübeck war cemetery, commemorates Julius Leber, a politician who was also active in Lübeck for many years. He was member of the SPD in the Reichstag until 1933. After that he was a prisoner in several concentration camps but later he was released.

He was arrested again for his involvement in the assault on Hitler. On 5 January 1945, he was executed in Plötzensee.

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