Elise Saborovsky Ewert

Elise Saborovsky Ewert (born November 14, 1886 in Hanover, Germany; died 1939 or 1940, in Ravensbrück concentration camp She worked as a secretary and typist. She became politically active in 1913. She and her husband traveled to China on a secret mission in 1932. They were in the Soviet Union during 1934.

They arrived in Brazil in March 1935 (under false names with American passports) and were fundamental to the establishment of the National Liberation Alliance in July. A few days later, President Getúlio Vargas declared it illegal and it became an underground organization dedicated to planning the government's overthrow.

After the failure of the Brazilian communist uprising of 1935, they were arrested in Rio de Janeiro. The Ewerts were tortured, including in front of each other, and Elise was sexually assaulted. In 1936 or 1937, she was deported to Germany and handed over to the Gestapo.

She was first held at Lichtenburg concentration camp. Though some sources state that she escaped to France, Ewert most likely died in Ravensbrück concentration camp in 1939 or 1940.