25 Years ago: German journalist Marta Hillers died.

June 16, 2026

This insight lists historic events that occurred on the same day in the past.

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  • 16 June 2001: Death of Marta Hillers. Marta Hillers was a German journalist and author of the memoir Eine Frau in Berlin, which describes her experiences during the Battle of Berlin in 1945. After the war, she married and moved to Basel, Switzerland, where she published her memoir anonymously in 1959; she died in Basel. See wikipedia for more information.
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