Maria (Marie) Reichard (18.7.1892 Munich – ?)

This engraver worked at the Deckel company in Munich until the birth of her fourth child. Before Maria Reichard was baptized as a Jehovah's Witness in 1925, she had advocated for the Social Democratic Party of Germany (SPD). In 1937, this woman who was married to a mechanic was imprisoned and accused of activity on behalf of the Jehovah's Witnesses. On September 7, 1937, the Munich Special Court sentenced her to seven months in prison. From 1934 to 1937, she had led Bible study groups and accepted donations for the “Good Hope” support fund. In addition, she participated in the distribution of the “Resolution” protest flyer: She supplied members of her Bible study group with flyers and also distributed these herself.

On December 3, 1942, Reichard was arrested again and sentenced on February 10, 1944 by the Munich District Court to eleven months in prison because she had encouraged the Jehovah's Witness association, which “supported demoralizing goals”. No consideration was given to the fact that one of her sons had fallen on January 12, 1942 and another one was on the eastern Front at the time.

Maria Reichard outlived the Third Reich. Her husband died in 1955. Nothing is known about her life in the time after that.