Albert Mielke
Albert Mielke (born May 4, 1895 in Kleinschwarzsee ; † November 2, 1933 in Leimbach , Querfurt ) was a Protestant clergyman who died under previously unexplained circumstances as a direct result of the National Socialist seizure of power .
Life
After graduating from high school on March 15, 1914 in Dramburg (Pomerania), he began studying theology in Halle (Saale) in April 1914 , which he interrupted in August 1914 in order to work as a volunteer in the First World War .
After he was released from the troops for health reasons, he was called up to Magdeburg in July 1915 with stationing in France in 1916. During the period of his deployment, he received the EK II (Iron Cross) in 1917 . Due to a malaria- related illness, he was retired as a lieutenant on December 1, 1918 .
Albert Mielke continued the studies he started in Halle in 1914 from February 1, 1919 in Greifswald . The first state examination on January 7, 1920 at the University of Stettin was followed by work in the Kückenmühler establishments . For 1920 a stay in the seminary in Wittenberg and his second state examination with April 15, 1921 is reported.
The ordination of September 4, 1921, after working as an assistant preacher in Neuwuhrow near Neustettin, was followed by pastoral duties as a pastor from 1923 to 1927 in Hainrode in the Harz Mountains, from 1927 to 1932 in Geussnitz near Zeitz and from April 16, 1932 until his death 1933 in Oberschmon .
His attitude towards the National Socialists , especially after they came to power , is documented by the removal of the local group leader of the SA, Bielke, on July 23, 1933, in the absence of parish membership, and thus his exclusion from church elections.
On December 11, 1923, he married the pastor's daughter Maria Lang-Heinrich († 1974), with whom he had the three children Gerhard-Martin Mielke (1924–1945), Ursula Mielke (* 1926) and Renate Maria (1934–1974).
Circumstances of death
On Allerseelen , Thursday, November 2, 1933, he cycled the eight kilometers to the confirmation class in Ziegelroda , and then returned after a meeting with the Rendanten in the evening (dusk).
The body was found on a siding two meters from the buffer stop in the early hours of November 3, 1933. His bike, with traces of blood, was found about 150 meters away, leaning against it. The body was found with injuries to the hands and head. In the absence of an autopsy, it was not established whether he died as a result of head injuries or internal injuries .
Commemoration
On September 4, 2009, a memorial stone was unveiled as a memorial stone on his former grave in the New Cemetery in Naumburg .
On October 17, 2011, one of seven stumbling blocks was laid in the local community of Oberschmon by the artist Gunter Demnig in memory of Pastor Albert Mielke. The initiator was the “Merseburg-Saalekreis History Workshop Initiative”.
literature
- Mielke, Albert. In: Harald Schultze, Andreas Kurschat (ed.), Claudia Benedick (collaboration): Your end looks at you. Evangelical martyrs of the 20th century. Evangelical Publishing House, Leipzig 2006.
- Detlef Belau: The political murder of pastor Albert Mielke. 2007
- Detlef Belau: Pastor Albert Mielke (1895–1933) and his family. Traces of a political murder in the year before Hitler's "seizure of power". In: Saale-Unstrut-Jahrbuch 2009, p. 86.
Individual evidence
- ↑ Chronicle of the Pommerschen Diakonieverein eV (year 1863) , accessed on June 5, 2013
- ^ The political murder of Pastor Albert Mielke , accessed on May 18, 2013
- ↑ Honor for courageous pastors , accessed on May 19, 2013
- ^ Report, contemporary witnesses and photographs , accessed on May 19, 2013
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Mielke, Albert |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German clergyman, Protestant pastor |
| DATE OF BIRTH | May 4, 1895 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Kleinschwarzsee |
| DATE OF DEATH | November 2, 1933 |
| Place of death | Leimbach (Querfurt) |