Galina Romanova

Galina Romanova (December 25, 1918 – November 3, 1944) was a Ukrainian doctor who was deported to Germany during World War II to provide medical care for forced laborers. She became involved with the German resistance against Nazism and was executed at Berlin-Plötzensee prison.

Life and career Romanova was born in Romanivka, Yekaterinoslav Governorate, Russian Empire. Her father was a blacksmith. She attended medical school for three years and became a member of the Komsomol. In 1937, her parents were arrested by the domestic secret police, the NKVD and she was expelled from the Komsomol. She studied medicine at the Dnipropetrovsk Medical Institute for five years, but was not able to graduate because of the war. In 1942, she was allowed to graduate and on July 1, 1942, she and other graduates were deported to Nazi Germany and forced to treat forced laborers. She worked as a doctor in several concentration and labor camps, first in Wildau and then beginning in December 1942, in and around Oranienburg, Groscurth gave her medicines and advice and supported her organizing efforts.