Her body was never found
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arbeka"who was studying the effect of stress and environmental factors on the reproductive system of women."
"Вера Аполлоновна Оболенская родилась в семье бакинского вице-губернатора Аполлона Аполлоновича Макарова († 1953), сына генерала от инфантерии Аполлона Николаевича Макарова[источник не указан 1067 дней].
С 1920 года жила в эмиграции во Франции. После окончания школы работала манекенщицей, затем секретаршей.
В 1924 году художница Зинаида Серебрякова нарисовала её портрет[1].
В 1937 году вышла замуж за князя Николая Александровича Оболенского (1900—1979), сына генерал-майора А. Н. Оболенского, градоначальника Петрограда в годы Первой мировой войны[2]. В 1938 году Вера родила сына, названного Аполлоном в честь дедушки[источник не указан 1067 дней].
С начала оккупации Франции Германией в 1940 году В. А. Оболенская совместно с мужем вступила в Движение Сопротивления и вошла в один из подпольных кружков.
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Вера Оболенская была арестована 17 декабря 1943 года на конспиративной квартире.
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В июле 1944 года после высадки союзников в Нормандии В. А. Оболенскую перевезли в Берлин, где 4 августа 1944 года в 13 часов гильотинировали в тюрьме Плётцензее.
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Княгиня Ве́ра Аполло́новна Оболе́нская, также известная по прозвищу Вики (фр. Vicky); 11 (24) июня 1911, Баку — 4 августа 1944, Плётцензее, Берлин) — героиня антифашистского движения Сопротивления во Франции.
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Obolensky was arrested on 16 December 1943 at the home on rue Saint-Florentin of her friend Sofka Nossovitch, another OCM member. She was taken by the team of Rudy de Mérode, which was working for the Gestapo.[2] She was interrogated at great length, and invented many improbable stories to protect her fighting companions. She earned the nickname "Princess I-Know-Nothing-About-It". The German investigator asked her once how Russian anti-communist immigrants could resist Germany and urged her to help Nazi Germany to fight their common enemy in the East. To this, Obolensky stated: “The goal that you pursue in Russia is the destruction of the country and the destruction of the Slavic race. I am Russian, but I grew up in France and spent my whole life here. I will not betray either my homeland or the country that has sheltered me.” Her companion, Sofia Nosovitch, was tortured by immersion in ice water, asked for mercy, was given it, and survived the war in a labour camp.[3]
Obolensky was not tortured.[3] She was tried on charges of treason in a military court in Arras in May 1944 and was found guilty.[8] She was sentenced to death, but refused to sign a petition for mercy.[2] She was finally deported to Germany, first to Berlin's Moabit prison and then to the Barninstrasse prison. She was guillotined in Plötzensee Prison in Charlottenburg on 4 August 1944.[2] Her body was delivered to the laboratory of Dr. Hermann Stieve, Chief of the Institute of Anatomy at the University of Berlin, who was studying the effect of stress and environmental factors on the reproductive system of women.[1] Her body was never found.[3]
Véra Obolensky's husband was also a member of the Resistance. He became a lieutenant of the FFI and was deported.[2] When Prince Obolensky returned from Buchenwald concentration camp he wrote a book about his wife. He never remarried, and in his old age became a priest at Alexander Nevsky Cathedral.[3]
"Вера Аполлоновна Оболенская родилась в семье бакинского вице-губернатора Аполлона Аполлоновича Макарова († 1953), сына генерала от инфантерии Аполлона Николаевича Макарова[источник не указан 1067 дней].
С 1920 года жила в эмиграции во Франции. После окончания школы работала манекенщицей, затем секретаршей.
В 1924 году художница Зинаида Серебрякова нарисовала её портрет[1].
В 1937 году вышла замуж за князя Николая Александровича Оболенского (1900—1979), сына генерал-майора А. Н. Оболенского, градоначальника Петрограда в годы Первой мировой войны[2]. В 1938 году Вера родила сына, названного Аполлоном в честь дедушки[источник не указан 1067 дней].
С начала оккупации Франции Германией в 1940 году В. А. Оболенская совместно с мужем вступила в Движение Сопротивления и вошла в один из подпольных кружков.
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Вера Оболенская была арестована 17 декабря 1943 года на конспиративной квартире.
...........
В июле 1944 года после высадки союзников в Нормандии В. А. Оболенскую перевезли в Берлин, где 4 августа 1944 года в 13 часов гильотинировали в тюрьме Плётцензее.
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Княгиня Ве́ра Аполло́новна Оболе́нская, также известная по прозвищу Вики (фр. Vicky); 11 (24) июня 1911, Баку — 4 августа 1944, Плётцензее, Берлин) — героиня антифашистского движения Сопротивления во Франции.
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Obolensky was arrested on 16 December 1943 at the home on rue Saint-Florentin of her friend Sofka Nossovitch, another OCM member. She was taken by the team of Rudy de Mérode, which was working for the Gestapo.[2] She was interrogated at great length, and invented many improbable stories to protect her fighting companions. She earned the nickname "Princess I-Know-Nothing-About-It". The German investigator asked her once how Russian anti-communist immigrants could resist Germany and urged her to help Nazi Germany to fight their common enemy in the East. To this, Obolensky stated: “The goal that you pursue in Russia is the destruction of the country and the destruction of the Slavic race. I am Russian, but I grew up in France and spent my whole life here. I will not betray either my homeland or the country that has sheltered me.” Her companion, Sofia Nosovitch, was tortured by immersion in ice water, asked for mercy, was given it, and survived the war in a labour camp.[3]
Obolensky was not tortured.[3] She was tried on charges of treason in a military court in Arras in May 1944 and was found guilty.[8] She was sentenced to death, but refused to sign a petition for mercy.[2] She was finally deported to Germany, first to Berlin's Moabit prison and then to the Barninstrasse prison. She was guillotined in Plötzensee Prison in Charlottenburg on 4 August 1944.[2] Her body was delivered to the laboratory of Dr. Hermann Stieve, Chief of the Institute of Anatomy at the University of Berlin, who was studying the effect of stress and environmental factors on the reproductive system of women.[1] Her body was never found.[3]
Véra Obolensky's husband was also a member of the Resistance. He became a lieutenant of the FFI and was deported.[2] When Prince Obolensky returned from Buchenwald concentration camp he wrote a book about his wife. He never remarried, and in his old age became a priest at Alexander Nevsky Cathedral.[3]
