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German anti-Nazi activist, author, and actress who was a member of the "Red Orchestra" resistance circle. Name variations: Libertas Haas-Heye.

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Born Libertas Haas-Heye in Paris, France, on November 20, 1913; executed along with her husband on December 22, 1942; daughter of Professor Otto Haas-Heye (an architect) and Countess Thora Eulenburg; married Harro Schulze-Boysen (1909–1942), in 1936.

Libertas Schulze-Boysen was born in Paris in 1913, the daughter of Professor Otto Haas-Heye, an architect, and Countess Thora Eulenburg , who was descended from a family with close ties to the Prussian court.

Surrounded by aristocrats and members of the German leisure class, Libertas grew up in a luxurious environment on her father's family estate, Liebenberg. Intellectually adventurous and free-spirited, she was educated at exclusive private schools in Germany and Switzerland.

She then worked from 1933 through 1935 in Berlin for the press department