![Monica de Wichfeld was put in charge of building a resistance network in Lolland where she helped shot down Allied airmen to escape and hid Danish Jews in her own home. <p>Monica de Wichfeld was put in charge of building a resistance network in Lolland where she helped shot down Allied airmen to escape and hid Danish Jews in her own home.</p>](https://www.irishexaminer.com/cms_media/module_img/7702/3851002_17_dashboardbig_Monica_20de_20Wichfeld.jpeg)
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Clodagh Finn: The Irishwoman who led Danish resistance to the Nazis
When Monica de Wichfeld (of Derrylin in Co Fermanagh, among many other places) was condemned to death on May 13, 1944, for her role in the Danish resistance, there was an audible gasp in the room.