Albert Steinert
Albert Leon Ambrosi Steinert (born September 28, 1886 in Champagnole , France, † April 14, 1945 in Wittenberge ) was a German doctor and resistance fighter.
Life
Albert Steinert attended school in Dresden and graduated from high school in 1906. He then studied medicine in Freiburg, Greifswald, Breslau, Leipzig and Munich. In 1913 he received his doctorate in Leipzig. med. Albert Steinert began his professional activity as a doctor in Elberfeld and Düsseldorf , before setting up his own practice in Seehausen / Altmark in 1914 . In 1933 he took on the role of attending physician and chief physician at the municipal hospital in Seehausen. This activity was terminated in 1937 when the Seehausen hospital became the central hospital of the Reich Labor Service and civilians were no longer treated. In 1938 he fell ill with tuberculosis and had to be treated in Davos until 1941 . Seehausen, liberated by the Americans on April 12, 1945, was to be shelled by German troops from the neighboring town of Wittenberge . Albert Steiner set out at the request of the Seehaus Mayor and the American Commander-in-Chief to cross the Elbe to Wittenberge as a member of parliament and to prevent the threatening bombing and artillery fire. The mayor of Wahrenberg , Ewald Fredrich, joined him on the way there .
On the same day they were arrested by German troops on the Elbe and sentenced to death by a court martial. The judgment was carried out on the morning of April 14, 1945 in the courtyard of the Singer-Werke . His body was transferred to Seehausen in September 1945 and buried in the city cemetery.
Albert Steinert is an honorary citizen of the city of Seehausen. A square in Seehausen and a street in Wittenberge bear his name.
dissertation
- Treatment of Pleural Empyema , 1913.
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| SURNAME | Steinert, Albert |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Steinert, Albert Leon Ambrosi (full name) |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German doctor and resistance fighter against National Socialism |
| DATE OF BIRTH | September 28, 1886 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Champagnole |
| DATE OF DEATH | April 14, 1945 |
| Place of death | Wittenberg |