1. Gertrud Koch was a German resistance fighter during World War II.
10 Facts About Gertrud Koch
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Gertrud Koch is best known for being a member of the youth group Edelweiss Pirates.
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Gertrud Koch's father was a communist and was arrested several times after 1933.
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Gertrud Koch's mother lost her job and could not afford to send Koch to high school.
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Gertrud Koch refused to join the League of German Girls and instead joined the Edelweiss Pirates.
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Gertrud Koch's cover name while in the group was "Mucki".
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Gertrud Koch was arrested in December 1942 and interrogated by the Gestapo at Brauweiler.
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Gertrud Koch first told her story publicly in 2000 at an exhibition about the Edelweiss Pirates at EL-DE Haus.
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Gertrud Koch was awarded the Order of Merit of the Federal Republic of Germany in 2011.
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Gertrud Koch was the last known surviving member of the Edelweiss Pirates and she died on 21 June 2016.