Hugo Kapteina

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Hugo Kapteina (born June 23, 1903 in Gelsenkirchen , † April 20, 1945 in Brandenburg-Görden ) was a German worker and resistance fighter against National Socialism .

Stolperstein , Weserstraße 54, in Berlin-Neukölln

Life

Kapteina was born the son of a miner, both parents died early. From 1924 to 1928 he studied at various universities while doing odd jobs for a living. In 1928 he moved to Berlin, where he worked as a freelancer for several newspapers and magazines, including for Die Welt am Abend and Simplicissimus . In 1933 he resigned from the harmonized chamber of literature. He then worked as a newspaper delivery man and house painter. On the side he continued his studies in evening classes.

From 1943 he worked as a designer at the Alkett company in Berlin-Borsigwalde . There he organized a resistance group that participated in the distribution of "illegal" writings and in disrupting war production. For example, they welded armored idlers with excessive amperage so that the weld seams did not last long. The resistance group founded by Kapteina also supported foreign forced laborers and tried to involve them in the resistance. Kapteina wrote the manuscript "The Society", which circulated as educational material in various groups of the Saefkow-Jacob-Bästlein organization .

On July 22, 1944, he was arrested by a special unit of the Gestapo under the direction of Horst Kopkow and subjected to cruel interrogations. Nevertheless, he managed to escape from custody. In February 1945 he was arrested again and on February 15, 1945 sentenced by the People's Court to the maximum sentence for “preparation for high treason” and “favoring the enemy” and executed on April 20, 1945 in the Brandenburg-Görden prison.

Honors

literature

  • Klaus Schlickeiser: Borsigwalde then and now, Housing and Industry , Berlin 1989, Borsigwalde work group then and now

Web links

Commons : Hugo Kapteina  - collection of images, videos and audio files


personal data
SURNAME Kapteina, Hugo
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German resistance fighters against National Socialism
DATE OF BIRTH June 23, 1903
PLACE OF BIRTH Gelsenkirchen
DATE OF DEATH April 20, 1945
Place of death Brandenburg-Görden