Hermann Schiering
Hermann Schiering (born April 27, 1884 in Magdeburg , † October 16, 1944 in Brandenburg-Görden ) was a German resistance fighter .
Life
Hermann Schiering was a member of the SPD . During the Second World War he was forced to do armaments work at Rheinmetall AG. Here he was arrested on December 16, 1943 for "continued attacks on the German people's confidence in victory". He spent his imprisonment in the local court prison in Apolda , in the regional court prison in Weimar , in the prisons in Berlin-Moabit and Brandenburg-Görden. On September 5, 1944, he was sentenced to death by the People's Court in Berlin. Six weeks later, the sentence was carried out. After the liberation from National Socialism, his widow Anna Schiering announced the names of the informers to the public prosecutor for the purpose of criminal prosecution.
The city of Apolda named a street after him in GDR times. A memorial plaque on his house at Franz-Mehring-Straße 7 was removed after the fall of the Wall.
literature
- Thuringian Association of the Persecuted of the Nazi Regime - Association of Antifascists and Study Group of German Resistance 1933-1945 (ed.): Heimatgeschichtlicher Wegweiser to places of resistance and persecution 1933-1945, series: Heimatgeschichtliche Wegweiser Volume 8 Thüringen , Erfurt 2003, ISBN 3-88864 -343-0
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Schiering, Hermann |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German resistance fighter |
| DATE OF BIRTH | April 27, 1884 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Magdeburg |
| DATE OF DEATH | October 16, 1944 |
| Place of death | Brandenburg-Görden |