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Else Gebel (July 1905 – 1964) was a communist member of the German resistance to Nazism. She is remembered for having been the cellmate of Sophie Scholl in the Gestapo headquarters in the Wittelsbacher Palais of Munich before Scholl's execution.^[1]

Life

Else Gebel was born in Augsburg.

She grew up together with her two brothers, Willy and Arno. She had a close relationship with Willy and both of them shared an apartment until 1935. Gebel's mother died when Else was aged 20. The three siblings were critical of Nazism.

Else gebel biography of barack obama

Until Kristallnacht pogrom, which occurred on 9–10 November 1938, Gebel worked as chief secretary for the Jewish merchant Max Uhlfelder in Munich. Uhlfelder's department store was destroyed during Kristallnacht, and Uhlfelder himself was arrested and brought to the Dachau concentration camp.

Gebel however was able to avoid bringing attention to herself. Until her own arrest, she worked at the Diamalt company which produced malt extract