Anton Kurz (resistance fighter)
Anton Kurz (born February 25, 1906 in Neckarau , † September 15, 1942 in Stuttgart ) was a German communist resistance fighter against the Nazi state .
Life
Anton Kurz came from a working class family in Neckarau and was an iron turner . As a young man he joined the Communist Party of Germany (KPD) and took part in the resistance against the emergence of National Socialism in Mannheim .
After the transfer of power to the NSDAP in 1933, he continued this resistance together with Ludwig Moldrzyk . Because of this, he was sentenced to three and a half years in prison in 1936 .
Two days after the Wehrmacht had invaded the Soviet Union , Georg Lechleiter and his colleagues started a campaign to produce and distribute an anti-war publication "Der Vorbote", in which he also actively participated. This group was exposed through betrayal of the Gestapo in June 1942, and Kurz was also arrested during a mass arrest. He and 18 other people were sentenced to death before the People's Court in Mannheim Palace and executed with the guillotine on September 15, 1942 in the Stuttgart Regional Court .
memory
- Action artist Gunter Demnig laid a stumbling block for him on Lanzstrasse in Mannheim, his former workplace .
- By resolution of the municipal council on November 20, 1984, a street in Mannheim-Schönau was named after Anton Kurz.
literature
- Memorial sites for the victims of National Socialism. A documentation . Volume I, Bonn 1995, p. 44, ISBN 3-89331-208-0
- AU Machmol: " Lifelong human" or outsider, the strong of the weak. A novel-like tale , ISBN 978-3-7357-3516-4 .
Individual evidence
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | In short, Anton |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German communist resistance fighter |
| DATE OF BIRTH | February 25, 1906 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Neckarau |
| DATE OF DEATH | September 15, 1942 |
| Place of death | Stuttgart |