Augustin Sandtner
Augustin ("Gustl") Sandtner (born August 8, 1893 in Munich , † October 11, 1944 in Sachsenhausen concentration camp ) was a functionary of the Communist Party of Germany (KPD) and a member of the Prussian state parliament . He campaigned against war , threats of war and militarism .
Life
Sandtner, the son of a marble cutter, learned the baker's trade. In 1911 he organized himself in the "Association of Bakers and Confectioners". In 1912 Sandtner did his military service in the Imperial Navy . In the course of the First World War he became an opponent of the war and a member of the Spartakusbund . On the battle cruiser Seydlitz he founded a revolutionary group and distributed anti-war pamphlets to the sailors of other warships.
On November 3, 1918, he was one of the sailors in Kiel who began the uprising to end the war. As a delegate of the Kiel sailors, he was sent to Munich, where he was elected to the workers 'and soldiers' council. Then he was also a member of the leadership of the Spartacus League. At the turn of the year 1918/19 he was one of the delegates at the founding congress of the Communist Party of Germany (KPD). In 1919 he was one of the defenders of the Bavarian Soviet Republic and the fighters of the "Bavarian Red Army". Until the end of the year he was in custody after the defeat of the Bavarian Republican forces. In 1920 and 1921 he was part of the district leadership of the KPD in southern Bavaria. The Bavarian Motor works , he was elected Chairman of the Workers' Council, but was in the spring of 1921 to a three and a half years imprisonment convicted.
After his release from prison he was a full-time functionary of the KPD in Berlin until he was arrested again for his anti-militarist educational work. Due to an amnesty, however, he was freed again after a short time and worked as a political leader in some of the Berlin sub-districts of the KPD. From February 1932 he became political secretary of the KPD district leadership in Silesia . In April 1932 he was elected to the Prussian state parliament. In early 1933 he founded an initiative that organized joint rallies by German, Polish and Czechoslovak workers against fascism and the risk of war in many border towns in Silesia .
Augustin Sandtner was a participant in the gathering of KPD functionaries on February 7, 1933 in the Ziegenhals sports store . He was arrested by the Gestapo on April 27, 1933, and sentenced to three years in prison in January 1934. After expiration of the detention period, he was in the Sachsenhausen concentration camp deported . After more than eleven years in prison, Sandtner was shot together with 26 German and French anti-fascists on October 11, 1944 in the Sachsenhausen concentration camp by SS men .
His wife was Hanna Sandtner .
Honors
In Oranienburg, Augustin-Sandtner-Strasse was named after him. There is Gustl-Sandtner-Strasse in Teltow. The 12th Polytechnic High School in Rochstrasse in Berlin-Mitte had his name in GDR times (since 1977).
literature
- Luise Kraushaar et al .: German resistance fighters 1933 to 1945. Berlin 1970.
- Sandtner, Augustin (Gustl) . 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
Individual evidence
- ↑ “ Whoever revolted was shot there! ( Page no longer available , search in web archives ) Info: The link was automatically marked as defective. Please check the link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. "
- ↑ Neues Deutschland, May 3, 1977, p. 8
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Sandtner, Augustin |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Sandtner, Gustl (nickname) |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German KPD functionary |
| DATE OF BIRTH | August 8, 1893 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Munich |
| DATE OF DEATH | October 11, 1944 |
| Place of death | Sachsenhausen concentration camp |