Arthur Ladwig

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Arthur Ladwig (born March 9, 1902 in Berlin , † July 10, 1944 in the Brandenburg prison ) was a German communist and resistance fighter against National Socialism .

Life

Memorial stone at the Ludwigsfelde cemetery

Arthur Ladwig went to school in Berlin-Friedrichshain and joined the youth organization of the KPD in 1925. In 1928 he became a party member of the KPD. He trained as a metal worker, but had increasing problems because of his political activities and lost his job several times.

After 1933, Ladwig was arrested several times and interrogated in connection with actions by the KPD. Nothing could be proven to him himself, so that in 1941 he was able to take up a job in the aircraft engine plant in Genshagen- Ludwigsfelde. Together with local workers he organized a group of the Kampfbund . Such groups, known as Kampfbund, tried to delay the production of armaments and distributed anti-regime leaflets among the workers. From Genshagen-Ludwigsfelde there should also have been contacts to a neighboring group. She worked in the Berliner Maschinenbau AG, formerly. L. Schwartzkopff. Its leading head was Otto Grabowski . Further contacts existed with the head of the Kampfbund in Berlin, including Erich Prenzlau . Ladwig was initially commissioned to give shelter to Paul Schulze, a member of the Niederlehmer Kampfbund , and to accompany him when he emigrated to Puchberg / Austria, which Ladwig did. In 1943, Ladwig's group was infiltrated by the security authorities and subsequently betrayed. On May 21, 1943, they were arrested by the Secret State Police at their workplace. It is not exactly clear how many members the Genshagener group comprised.

Ladwig and 20 other defendants, including Otto Grabowski, who were suspected of membership in the Kampfbund, were sentenced to death by the People's Court on March 30, 1944, chaired by Roland Freisler . Ladwig died on the same day as Otto Grabowski by guillotine .

Commemoration

In memory of Arthur Ladwig were in the GDR , the Motorized Rifle Regiment 2 of the NVA in Stahnsdorf, a battalion of battle groups in the VEB IFA works Ludwig field, the clubhouse and Advanced high school in Ludwigsfelde named after him.

Today a street in Ludwigsfelde bears the name Arthur Ladwig.

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b Archived copy ( memento of the original dated December 2, 2007 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. political education Brandenburg, monuments, PDF viewed June 19, 2009 @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.politische-bildung-brandenburg.de
  2. ↑ Fred Bruder: Between Resistance and Assertion. The Königs Wusterhausen region in the war from 1939 to 1945. Königs Wusterhausen 2011, pp. 99–125.
  3. ^ Honorary name of the NVA ( Memento from April 1, 2008 in the Internet Archive ), viewed on June 17, 2009
  4. ↑ History of the house: Marie-Curie-Gymnasium. In: mcgym.de. April 27, 1942, Retrieved February 6, 2019 .
personal data
SURNAME Ladwig, Arthur
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German communist and resistance fighter

against National Socialism

DATE OF BIRTH March 9, 1902
PLACE OF BIRTH Berlin
DATE OF DEATH July 10, 1944
Place of death Brandenburg prison