Alfons Hartmann

Alfons Hartmann (born May 15, 1915 in Hamburg , † December 9, 1943 in Italy ) was a German communist resistance fighter against National Socialism and victims of National Socialism .

Life

Hartmann came from a Hamburg working class family . After attending primary school, he learned the trade of metalworker , which he practiced in the Siemens-Schuckert assembly department at Howaldtswerft . He joined the Communist Party of Germany (KPD) and was active against the emerging National Socialism . Even after the transfer of power to the NSDAP , he continued this activity illegally . When the Gestapo became aware of his work, they took him into " protective custody " on October 26, 1933 . A court sentenced him on 26 January 1934 a prison sentence . When the prison term ended, he was transferred to the Esterwegen concentration camp . After he was released from there after the beginning of the Second World War , he went back to his company and got in touch with the resistance group " Bästlein-Jacob-Abshagen ", which supported foreign forced laborers , organized political reconnaissance and planned acts of sabotage . In the Howaldt shipyard, he was part of the group management together with Oskar Voss . When the Bästlein group was exposed, he and Oskar Voss were arrested, sent to the Fuhlsbüttel concentration camp and placed in a so-called “ probation company ” that was deployed in Italy. Here he was killed.

Ursel Hochmuth , Gertrud Meyer : Streiflichter from the Hamburg resistance 1933-1945. Reports and Documents , Frankfurt 1980, pp. 34 f., 351–353 u. 384, Schmidt 1980, p. 358.

personal data
SURNAME	Hartmann, Alfons
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	German communist resistance fighter
DATE OF BIRTH	May 15, 1915
PLACE OF BIRTH	Hamburg
DATE OF DEATH	December 9, 1943
Place of death	Italy