Alois Geiger
Alois Geiger (born December 1, 1890 in Ellenbach in Hengersberg , Deggendorf district ; † November 1, 1943 in Brandenburg an der Havel ) was a German Nazi victim. Geiger was a doctor and head of the medical column in Spiegelau in the Bavarian Forest .
Life
During the Second World War , many families, especially from the large cities of northern Germany, were evacuated to the Bavarian province. As a result of the extended Kinderland deportation , the so-called mother and child deportation, a heavily pregnant woman who had been bombed out in Hamburg came to Spiegelau with her three small children, where she was forcibly quartered with a family. She was the wife of HJ- Oberbannführer Will , who was at the front as a soldier at the time. According to the woman's later testimony, Geiger is said to have made the remark during two examinations in July / August 1943 that she was very brave to have another child during this difficult time. When asked, Geiger, who was himself a member of the NSDAP , indicated that he thought a German defeat was possible. When Frau Will contradicted her, he accused her of being too influenced by Nazi propaganda and advised her to persuade her husband to leave the NSDAP, otherwise he would run the risk of being one of the first to be eliminated after the war was lost become.
The officer's wife mentioned Geiger's remarks in a letter to her husband. He reported this to his superiors, which led to the arrest of Alois Geiger by the Gestapo . He was taken to the Brandenburg penitentiary spent, before the People's Court , chaired by Roland Freisler accused and because of sedition sentenced at the meeting of 8 September 1943 for people betrayal to death. Chamber judge Hans-Joachim Rehse , SA-Obergruppenführer Arthur Hess , SA-Oberführer Hell and district leader Heinrich Reinecke were involved as assessors, while public prosecutor Karl Bruchhaus , who was involved in at least 33 death sentences and only retired in 1961, represented the prosecution. The reasoning for the verdict says: “Alois Geiger weakened a pregnant German woman of a German soldier as a doctor because of her medical care, her belief in our victory and worried her that her husband might be murdered because of his National Socialist occupation if we were defeated. This attack on our will to defend has rendered him dishonorable forever. He will be punished with death. ”Geiger was hanged in Brandenburg.
After the war, Geiger's widow had her husband transferred to Spiegelau. He was buried there on August 14, 1947.
Honors
The "Alois-Geiger-Strasse" in Spiegelau and one in Sankt Oswald-Riedlhütte were named after him. There is also a "Dr.-Geiger-Weg" in the Haidenhof district of Passau.
literature
- Walter Oehme: Dishonorable forever. Verlag der Nation, Berlin (East) 1962.
Individual evidence
- ^ HW Koch: In the Name of the Volk: Political Justice in Hitler's Germany . London 1997, p. 135.
- ↑ AZ: J 473/43 - H 78/43; s. Committee for German Unity (ed.): We indict: 800 Nazi blood judges. Supporting the militaristic Adenauer regime. Berlin (East) 1957, p. 55.
- ↑ Brown Book. War and Nazi criminals in the Federal Republic and West Berlin . 3rd edition Berlin (East) 1968, p. 118 ( text on the Internet ( Memento of March 3, 2011 in the Internet Archive )).
- ^ Text also from Heinz Scheibe: Niederheimbach and the time of our ancestors , Niederheimbach 2001, p. 51.
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Geiger, Alois |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German Nazi victim |
| DATE OF BIRTH | December 1, 1890 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Hengersberg , Lower Bavaria |
| DATE OF DEATH | November 1, 1943 |
| Place of death | Brandenburg on the Havel |