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In the beginning of the 1920s, Sieg went to school to become a teacher, but when his grandfather died in 1923, he had to quit. He returned to Detroit and met his future wife, Sophie, in 1924, while working as a college intern. He stayed in the United States until February 1928, when Sieg and his wife
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station at Papestraße. As a railroad employee, Sieg was able to make use of work-related travel and free travel to build connections with other Resistance groups, such as the one organized around
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Vereinigung der Verfolgten des Naziregimes e.V.- Bund der Antifaschisten Köpenick (photo of Sophie and John Sieg, plus brief details about Sophie)
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and Kuckhoff. He took part in leafletting campaigns and shared political information. In 1937, he got a job with the
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Museum Lichterberg, official website. List of German Resistance fighters. Retrieved 7 April 2010.
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Innere Front. Erinnerungen an John Sieg, Reichsbahngehilfe und Widerstandskämpfer
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Einer von Millionen spricht: Skizzen, Erzählungen, Reportagen, Flugschriften
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atrocities through the underground Communist press and fought against
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A street in an area of new construction on Frankfurter Allee-Süd in
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Die Rote Kapelle. "Landesverrat" als antifaschistischer Widerstand.
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Die Rote Kapelle im Widerstand gegen den Nationalsozialismus
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He was arrested on 11 October 1942 and was taken to the
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returned to Germany and he became a freelance author in
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Street named after John Sieg in East Berlin, June 1972
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1983 Postage stamp of Red Orchestra members Harnack,
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Map link to John-Sieg-Straße, 10365 Berlin, Germany
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