Albert Beyer

Albert Beyer (* around 1900, † after 1935) was a German communist and resistance fighter in the era of National Socialism . He lived temporarily in Köpenick .

Life

Albert Beyer, who lived in what was then the city of Köpenick (incorporated into Berlin in 1920 ), joined the Spartakusbund early on . In October 1918 he moved to the USPD . Finally, Beyer became a member of the communist youth association and fought against fascism in Germany from the start. Together with like-minded people, including Social Democrats such as Karl Koch , Paul Hein , Karl Thiersch , Gustav Funke , Friedrich Förster , Julius Koch , Richard Kanzler , Hermann Firchau and Richard Stösche , he cared for the area around Berlin, the other communists also in Naumburg , Freyburg an der Unstrut and Bad Kösen for the distribution of communist literature such as The Bolshevik , The Class Struggle , The Red Flag and The Young Guard . They were all arrested and put on show trial around 1933 . On June 19, 1935, the 5th Criminal Senate of the Berlin Court of Appeal , which met in Naumburg, sentenced seven defendants to prison terms for “treasonous activity” and “elimination of the Reich constitution”. Albert Beyer was sent to prison for a year and 9 months.

Short-term honor

In 1945, shortly after the end of World War II , designated employees of the new district administration of Berlin-Koepenick the Kiekebuschstraße in Albert Beyer Road to. However, the responsible magistrate of Berlin did not confirm the name in 1948, but left it with the previous street name.

Individual evidence

1. ^ The political prisoners of the Oranienburg concentration camp . stiftung-bg.de; Retrieved November 24, 2012
2. ^ The Communist Trials - Opposition and Resistance of the KPD in the Naumburg Area . naumburg-geschichte.de; Retrieved November 24, 2012
3. ^ Albert-Beyer-Strasse . In: Street name lexicon of the Luisenstädtischer Bildungsverein