Early life
Haag was born in Hagkling, and was a member of the Youth movement of thePrison time
Both Lina and her husband were arrested and spent many years in prisons and concentration camps. Both Haags showed extraordinary strength of spirit during their incarcerations. Lina spent many years in Remand Prison, during which time she met other prominent prisoners such as Liselotte Herrmann. Lina was freed in 1938 after managing to turn her camp commandant at Lichtenburg against the Stuttgart Gestapo.Alfred's release
Once released, she was reunited with her daughter, moved to Berlin, and secured a job. She visited the headquarters of the SS almost daily to petition for her husband's release. In 1940, she obtained permission for an audience with Heinrich Himmler, who secured Alfred's release from the Mauthausen concentration camp. Alfred survived physical torture while detained there and also atWriting
Alfred was soon drafted into the Wehrmacht, and sent to the Eastern Front, and Lina and their daughter were bombed out of their home in Berlin. Lina was transferred to work in a hospital in Garmisch. While there, she wrote a memoir of her experiences in the form of an extended letter to Alfred, not knowing if she would ever see him again. The letter was eventually published in 1947 as ''A Handful of Dust'' or ''How Long the Night''. Alfred was taken prisoner by the Red Army and eventually released in 1948.Honours
The Haags lived in Munich until Alfred's death in 1982. In 2007, Lina was given the Dachau Award for Courage.Death
On 18 June 2012, Haag died in Munich at the age of 105.References
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