Memorial Plaque for Ili and Hellmuth Stieff

The memorial plaque for Hellmuth and Ili Stieff was unveiled on 29 May 2005. It commemorates the Stieff couple, who resisted the NS regime, for which Hellmuth Stieff, involved in the assassination attempt on Adolf Hitler on 20 July 1944, paid with his life. Stieff began his officer career in 1922 and soon became enthusiastic about the NSDAP. After observing the war crimes committed by the Wehrmacht in Eastern Europe, he took contact with resistance fighters and was involved in the preparations for the assassination attempt on Hitler. His wife, Ili Stieff, born Gaertner, with whom he lived in Thalgau since 1939, supported his conviction. After the failed assassination attempt, Hellmuth Stieff was arrested. Under torture, he was interrogated and murdered in Berlin-Plötzensee on 8 August 1944. Ili Stief was also arrested and remained imprisoned in Breslau until November 1944. However, due to numerous threats against her person by the NSDAP local group in Thalgau, she could only return to the village after its liberation in May 1945, where she resided until her death on 19 July 1980.