Franz Mett

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Franz Mett (born October 25, 1904 in Nickelnischken , Stallupönen district in East Prussia ; † August 21, 1944 in the Brandenburg prison ) was a German communist and resistance fighter against National Socialism .

Life

Franz Mett attended elementary school from 1910 to 1918 and then worked as a miner in the Ruhr area and as a metal worker in Berlin. In 1926 he became a member of the KPD . When he became unemployed in 1929, he took on functions as a cashier and agitpro manager . In 1932 he married his girlfriend Johanna.

After the start of the fascist dictatorship in 1933, he continued his activities in the communist resistance underground. In 1934 he was arrested and sentenced to three years in prison for “preparing for high treason” . From 1934 to 1937 he was in Luckau prison, where he met Robert Uhrig , with whom he built a new resistance group after his release from 1938. Together with Kurt Lehmann and Walter Budeus, he became the main coordinator of the resistance groups in the large Berlin companies and through this also had contacts to the resistance network of the Rote Kapelle . He was arrested by the Gestapo on February 4, 1942 and sentenced to death by the People's Court on June 7, 1944 . The judgment, which was not legally binding, was carried out on August 21, 1944 in the Brandenburg prison .

His grave is on the St. Marien and St. Nikolai Cemetery I in the Prenzlauer Berg district .

Honors

Memorial plaque on the school building at Weinmeisterstraße 16
  • There is Franz-Mett-Strasse in Berlin-Lichtenberg .
  • Until the 1970s, there was also a memorial plaque on Mett's house at Mulackstrasse 8, which was placed on the eve of the day before the victims of fascism in 1958. The house was then torn down.
  • In Berlin-Mitte, Weinmeisterstraße 16, there was the Franz-Mett-Oberschule. After the reunification, the 1st comprehensive school in the middle was located in this building. Today the Waldorf School Center and other Waldorf education facilities are located there . There has been a memorial plaque on the school building since GDR times.
  • Also in Berlin-Mitte (Gormannstrasse 13) there is the Franz-Mett-Sporthalle .

literature

  • Hans-Rainer Sandvoss : Resistance in Friedrichshain and Lichtenberg. Berlin 1997
  • Hans-Rainer Sandvoss: Resistance in Prenzlauer Berg and Weissensee. Berlin 2000
  • Hermann Weber , Andreas Herbst : German communists. Biographisches Handbuch 1918 to 1945. Dietz, Berlin 2004, ISBN 3-320-02044-7 .
  • Luise Kraushaar : Berlin communists in the fight against fascism 1936-1942. Robert Uhrig and the comrades. Berlin 1981
  • Gert Rosiejka: The Red Chapel. "Treason" as an anti-fascist resistance . results-Verlag, Hamburg 1986, ISBN 3-925622-16-0

Web links

Commons : Franz Mett  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Hinckeldey remains buried forever . In: Neues Deutschland , November 20, 1969, p. 8
  2. ↑ Mulackstrasse 8 . In: Berliner Adreßbuch , 1940, part 4, p. 604.
  3. ↑ Memorial plaque in the list of honors of the Luisenstädtischer Bildungsverein
  4. ↑ Memorial plaque in the list of honors of the Luisenstädtischer Bildungsverein
personal data
SURNAME Mett, Franz
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German resistance fighter and communist
DATE OF BIRTH October 25, 1904
PLACE OF BIRTH Nickelnischken , East Prussia
DATE OF DEATH August 21, 1944
Place of death Brandenburg prison , Brandenburg an der Havel