Bebo Wager
Josef "Bebo" Wager (born December 29, 1905 in Augsburg ; † August 12, 1943 in Munich ) was the founder of a resistance group against the Nazi regime .
From 1933 to 1942 Wager fought in the resistance against National Socialism . In June 1933, together with friends from youth, sports and education associations of the banned social democratic party in Augsburg, Kempten (Allgäu) , Ulm , Günzburg and other Swabian cities, he founded a resistance group that later called itself "Revolutionary Socialists".
Life
Youth and family
His parents were Josef and Emma Wager (née Gellinger) from Augsburg. His father returned from the First World War as a war invalid and no longer able to work.
Wager began vocational training as a lathe operator, which he completed at Riedinger in Augsburg. In 1923 he became a member of the metal workers' association and in 1927 moved to the Augsburg-Nürnberg (MAN) machine factory in Augsburg. At MAN he initially worked as a lathe operator and from 1929 as an electrician.
At the age of 23 he married his wife Lina. The children Heinz, Hanna and Helmut emerged from the marriage.
Political activities
From 1923 on, Bebo Wager became politically active. At the age of 17 he joined the socialist workers' youth and worked as a local group leader for the Jakobervorstadt district in the youth committee of the Social Democratic Party of Germany .
In 1934 his engagement for the resistance group "Revolutionary Socialists" began.
Arrest and death
Bebo Wager was arrested on April 12, 1942. The trial opened on March 22, 1943. In the main hearing on May 27, 1943 in Innsbruck he was sentenced to death by the People's Court for high treason . On August 12, 1943, he was executed in the Stadelheim prison in Munich.
Initially, Bebo Wager was buried together with Hermann Frieb , the head of the illegal social democracy in Munich, in the Perlacher Forst cemetery. In 1947 he was exhumed and buried in a grave of honor in the Westfriedhof in Augsburg .
Posthumous honors
A street in Augsburg's Pfersee district was named in honor of Bebo Wager. A vocational school center in Augsburg also bears his name. The Arbeiterwohlfahrt Augsburg runs a facility for mentally ill people named after Bebo Wager.
On the occasion of his 100th birthday, the Augsburg SPD, the Arbeiterwohlfahrt (AWO) Augsburg and the AWO Schwaben awarded the Bebo Wager Prize. This was awarded to student projects that dealt with National Socialism.
literature
- Heike Bretschneider: Revolutionary Socialists. The Augsburg resistance fighter Bebo Wager and his friends. (Bavaria - country and people). Manuscript. Bayerischer Rundfunk, Munich 1993.
- Waldemar von Knoeringen : Documents of the struggle for a new humanity. On the 25th anniversary of the execution of Hermann Frieb and Bebo Wager. Social Democratic Press Service, H. 151/1968 v. August 13, 1968, p. 2 ( PDF ).
- Eugen Nerdinger : Those who die for a big cause are not defeated! Questions u. Answers about the deed, reason and significance of the Augsburg resistance fighter Bebo Wager. Sub-district of the SPD, Augsburg 1965 (102 pp.)
Web links
- Short biography of the German Resistance Memorial Center
- Bebo Wager at VVN-BdA - Kreisverband Augsburg
Individual evidence
- ↑ Historical data on the west cemetery of the city of Augsburg
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Wager, bebo |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Wager, Josef (maiden name) |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German resistance fighter, founder of a resistance group against the Nazi regime |
| DATE OF BIRTH | December 29, 1905 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | augsburg |
| DATE OF DEATH | August 12, 1943 |
| Place of death | Munich |