Arno Straube

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Hans Arno Gustav Straube (born January 25, 1915 in Dresden ; † February 13, 1945 there ) was a German climber and mountaineer . As an opponent of National Socialism, he was sentenced to two years in prison in 1934. From 1946 to 1991 a street in Dresden was named after him.

Life

Straube was already very enthusiastic about sports as a teenager and loved the mountains, so that he became a member of the climbing club "Bärensteiner 1910" at an early age. As a result, he got to know many well-known rock climbers and mountaineers, some of whom were also politically active.

At the age of 15, Arno Straube became a member of the Red Aid in 1930, to which he belonged until autumn 1932, and at the age of 16 he joined the Communist Youth Association of Germany (KJVD), where he was first agit pro leader and later political leader of the Neumarkt cell in Dresden. On April 28, 1933, the Communist Youth Association of Germany was banned by the National Socialists in Saxony. Shortly thereafter, Horst Sindermann appointed him political instructor for the Dresden districts of Altstadt, Zentrum and Johannstadt and continued to work illegally for the KJVD. That is why Arno Straube, who at that time had started an apprenticeship as a type painter and lived at Lindengasse 4 in Dresden, was arrested and taken into custody in Prison I in Zwickau . The reason for the imprisonment was the urgent suspicion of having undertaken to maintain the cohesion of a political party other than the NSDAP and to have continued to be active in a leading position as a member of the dissolved KJVD in Dresden.

The criminal trial lasted several months under the name “Sparschuh and Comrades” against 69, mostly Dresden and Leipzig youths who had belonged to the KJVD and the Socialist Workers Youth, including a. a. Martin Helas . The youngest of the inmates was 15 years old. On May 5, 1934, the “Special Court for the State of Saxony” in Freiberg imposed the relevant sentences of 32 years in prison and 46 years in prison. Arno Straube was sentenced to two years in prison in Waldheim. In 1936 he was released on the condition that he report regularly to the police station. Nevertheless, he continued to resist National Socialism later, for example by distributing NKFD leaflets.

Since Straube could no longer continue his apprenticeship, he became unemployed and earned his living by painting and casual work. He stayed true to his hobby, mountaineering. In 1938 he joined the climbing club "Bergtreue 34". When the Second World War broke out, he was declared unworthy of defense, so that he was spared military service. He became a kit manager in the Saxon Mountaineering Association (SBB). In this capacity he brought the valuable association library to safety from the air raids and, through the mediation of Fritz Petzold, stored it safely in Schmilka in a room provided by the local community.

On February 13, 1945 he took part in the meeting of the Saxon Mountaineering Association, which he left earlier. This put him right in the middle of the second wave of the bombing raid . He has been missing since then and was later pronounced dead.

Honors

In 1946 the previous Villiersstrasse in Dresden was named after Arno Straube by a unanimous decision of the Dresden City Council in 1946 , to commemorate the years of resistance of the organized mountaineers in the Saxon Mountaineering Association . On October 18, 1991, the previous Arno-Straube-Strasse was renamed Erich-Ponto-Strasse by resolution of the Dresden City Council .

literature

  • Fritz Leder: Traditions of our sport. Comrade, mountain friend - one of us: In memory of Arno Straube, who was born 70 years ago. In: der tourist , 1985, no. 1, pp. 1-2.
  • Monika Dänhardt and Heinz Steinmann: Resistance organized itself in the mountains. Arno Straube went to prison for his ideas - his life ended at the age of 30 on the bombing night of February 13, 1945 . In: Sächsische Zeitung of February 9, 2013.

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ From the point of view of the prosecution, Fritz Sparschuh was one of the main culprits.
  2. ↑ Monika Dänhardt and Heinz Steinmann: The resistance was organized in the mountains. Arno Straube went to prison for his ideas - his life ended at the age of 30 on the bombing night of February 13, 1945 . In: Sächsische Zeitung of February 9, 2013.
personal data
SURNAME Straube, Arno
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Straube, Hans Arno Gustav (full name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German climber and mountaineer, opponent of National Socialism
DATE OF BIRTH January 25, 1915
PLACE OF BIRTH Dresden
DATE OF DEATH February 13, 1945
Place of death Dresden