Alfred Haag
Hermann Alfred Haag (* 15. December 1904 in Schwabisch Gmund , † 8. August 1982 in Munich ) was the youngest KPD -Abgeordnete in the state parliament (from 1932) and a communist resistance fighter for the National Socialist era .
Life
Haag was involved in the Communist Youth Association (KJVD). In 1927 he married Lina Haag , b. Hunter. Haag learned the trade of a carpenter and volunteered as an editor for the Süddeutsche Arbeiterzeitung in Stuttgart. As a KPD delegate, he was one of the first victims of the National Socialists. Just a few days after the “ seizure of power ”, Haag was arrested on February 10, 1933 and imprisoned in the Oberer Kuhberg concentration camp in Ulm . From there he was sent to the Dachau concentration camp in 1935 and from there to the Mauthausen concentration camp in 1939 .
His wife obtained his release from Heinrich Himmler , which took place in early February 1940. A few months after his liberation, Alfred Haag - officially "unworthy of defense" - had to go to the Eastern Front for "probation" . He did not succeed in going over to the Red Army . Haag was taken prisoner by the Soviets and did not return to Germany until 1948.
After the war ended, Haag campaigned for the Dachau concentration camp to be converted into a memorial. He did not see the opening of the youth hostel himself.
For years, Haag was chairman of the Bavarian Association of Victims of the Nazi Regime ( VVN-BdA ) and the Dachau camp community as well as a member of the International Dachau Committee and was available to many school classes and older interested parties as a witness.
literature
- Lina Haag: A handful of dust. Resistance of a woman 1933 to 1945 . ISBN 3-87407-581-8 .
- Frank Raberg : Biographical handbook of the Württemberg state parliament members 1815-1933 . On behalf of the Commission for Historical Regional Studies in Baden-Württemberg. Kohlhammer, Stuttgart 2001, ISBN 3-17-016604-2 , p. 298 .
- Haag, Alfred . In: Hermann Weber , Andreas Herbst : German Communists. Biographisches Handbuch 1918 to 1945. 2nd, revised and greatly expanded edition. Dietz, Berlin 2008, ISBN 978-3-320-02130-6 .
Web links
- Literature by and about Alfred Haag in the catalog of the German National Library
- Virtual history location Hotel Silber Biographical sketch of Alfred Haag
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Haag, Alfred |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German resistance fighters against National Socialism |
| DATE OF BIRTH | December 15, 1904 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Schwäbisch Gmünd |
| DATE OF DEATH | August 8, 1982 |
| Place of death | Munich |