Martha Wolter

Biography

Marta Husemann, born August 20, 1913, was a German actress and anti-Nazi Resistance fighter. She gained recognition for her role as Gerda in the 1932 film "Kuhle Wampe or Who Owns the World?" before joining the Red Orchestra of Harro Schulze-Boysen with her husband Walter Husemann. Her involvement in the resistance was marked by arrests and interrogations, including a stint at the Moringen concentration camp, where she was released after being deemed too "Aryan" by Heinrich Himmler.