Albert Hensel (resistance fighter)

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Otto Albert Hensel (born March 20, 1895 in Dresden-Trachau , † June 5, 1942 in Berlin-Plötzensee ) was a German resistance fighter and member of the KPD .

Life

Symbolic grave of Hensel in the honor grove of the Heidefriedhof

The trained milker founded a resistance group in Dresden in 1934 together with Karl Stein and the artist couple Fritz Schulze and Eva Schulze-Knabe .

Albert Hensel was arrested on February 6, 1941 and spent 14 months in custody . On March 11, 1942, he was sentenced to death together with Fritz Schulze, Karl Stein and Herbert Bochow . The judgment was carried out on June 5, 1942 in Plötzensee with the guillotine . His symbolic grave is located in the honor grove of the Heidefriedhof in Dresden.

Honor

A street in the Trachenberge district of Dresden was named after him. A stumbling block at Volkersdorfer Straße 3 has been a reminder of him since 2015 .

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Henry Leide: Nazi Criminals and State Security. The secret past politics of the GDR . Vandenhoeck & Ruprecht, Göttingen 2005, ISBN 3-525-35018-X , p. 204
  2. ^ Website of the Trachenberge district in Dresden streets

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personal data
SURNAME Hensel, Albert
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Hensel, Otto Albert
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German resistance fighter
DATE OF BIRTH March 20, 1895
PLACE OF BIRTH Dresden
DATE OF DEATH June 5, 1942
Place of death Berlin-Plötzensee