Amelie Posse
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Amelie Posse was a Swedish author. She is also known for her work against nazism
during World War II
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Amelie Posse was the daughter of Baron
Fredrik Arvidsson Posse and Auda Gunhild Wennerberg. She was married to the criminal psycologist Andreas Bjerre in 1904-1912 and to the Czech artist Oki Brazda (1887-1977) from 1915, and became the mother of the artist Jan Brazda.
During her second marriage, she lived in Czechoslovakia
on the manor Líčkov. She became known as a democrat and a pacifist in her work and was a friend of president Tomáš Garrigue Masaryk. In 1938, she returned to Sweden after an order for her arrest had been issued by the Gestapo
. In 1940, she was one of the founders of the discussionclub Tisdagsklubben ("The Thuesday Club") in Stockholm
. It was formally a discussion-club about culture, but its true purpose was to work against the expansion of nazism in Sweden. The club was in fact inagurated the same day Nazi Germany
occupated Norway
, the 9 April 1940. Tisdagsklubben was to be used as the center of the Swedish resistance movement in the case Sweden was ever occupated by Nazi Germany. Amelie Posse was, like other members of the club, listed in German records as "Untrustworthy Swedes".
Nazism
Nazism, the common short form name of National Socialism was the ideology and practice of the Nazi Party and of Nazi Germany...
during World War II
World War II
World War II, or the Second World War , was a global conflict lasting from 1939 to 1945, involving most of the world's nations—including all of the great powers—eventually forming two opposing military alliances: the Allies and the Axis...
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Amelie Posse was the daughter of Baron
Baron
Baron is a title of nobility. The word baron comes from Old French baron, itself from Old High German and Latin baro meaning " man, warrior"; it merged with cognate Old English beorn meaning "nobleman"...
Fredrik Arvidsson Posse and Auda Gunhild Wennerberg. She was married to the criminal psycologist Andreas Bjerre in 1904-1912 and to the Czech artist Oki Brazda (1887-1977) from 1915, and became the mother of the artist Jan Brazda.
During her second marriage, she lived in Czechoslovakia
Czechoslovakia
Czechoslovakia or Czecho-Slovakia was a sovereign state in Central Europe which existed from October 1918, when it declared its independence from the Austro-Hungarian Empire, until 1992...
on the manor Líčkov. She became known as a democrat and a pacifist in her work and was a friend of president Tomáš Garrigue Masaryk. In 1938, she returned to Sweden after an order for her arrest had been issued by the Gestapo
Gestapo
The Gestapo was the official secret police of Nazi Germany. Beginning on 20 April 1934, it was under the administration of the SS leader Heinrich Himmler in his position as Chief of German Police...
. In 1940, she was one of the founders of the discussionclub Tisdagsklubben ("The Thuesday Club") in Stockholm
Stockholm
Stockholm is the capital and the largest city of Sweden and constitutes the most populated urban area in Scandinavia. Stockholm is the most populous city in Sweden, with a population of 851,155 in the municipality , 1.37 million in the urban area , and around 2.1 million in the metropolitan area...
. It was formally a discussion-club about culture, but its true purpose was to work against the expansion of nazism in Sweden. The club was in fact inagurated the same day Nazi Germany
Nazi Germany
Nazi Germany , also known as the Third Reich , but officially called German Reich from 1933 to 1943 and Greater German Reich from 26 June 1943 onward, is the name commonly used to refer to the state of Germany from 1933 to 1945, when it was a totalitarian dictatorship ruled by...
occupated Norway
Norway
Norway , officially the Kingdom of Norway, is a Nordic unitary constitutional monarchy whose territory comprises the western portion of the Scandinavian Peninsula, Jan Mayen, and the Arctic archipelago of Svalbard and Bouvet Island. Norway has a total area of and a population of about 4.9 million...
, the 9 April 1940. Tisdagsklubben was to be used as the center of the Swedish resistance movement in the case Sweden was ever occupated by Nazi Germany. Amelie Posse was, like other members of the club, listed in German records as "Untrustworthy Swedes".