"Cato"

In honour of Cato Van Beek: In the course of the suppression of the resistance group Red Orchestra Cato Van Beek was arrested by Gestapo agents on 20 September 1942 in her father's pottery shop in Berlin. On 18 January 1943 she was found guilty at the Reichskriegsgenicht military court of "abetting a conspiracy to commit high treason” and sentenced to death. A clemency appeal of the 22 year old was personally denied by Adolf Hitler, though the court itself had suggested a reprieve. She was guillotined on 5 August 1943 at Plotzensee Prison in Berlin. Her body was released to the Institute of anatomy of Hermann Stieve on the same evening. Her final resting place is unknown.
Cato's mother after a 12 year long process finally managed the official reversal of her daughter's conviction.