Bruno Lauenroth

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Bruno Lauenroth (born May 1, 1906 in Hamburg ; † January 10, 1971 ) was a German social democratic resistance fighter against National Socialism .

Life

After finishing school, Bruno Lauenroth trained as a bookbinder. In 1922 he became a member of the SAJ and in 1923 the SPD . He became the cashier of the SPD in the working class district of Hamburg-Langenhorn . There he organized the social democratic resistance after the party was banned in 1933 and, together with Carl Burmester, tried to maintain basic structures and contacts in the party organization.

The resulting SPD resistance group Langenhorn was exposed by the Gestapo at the beginning of 1935 and Lauenroth was arrested on January 7, 1935 and abused in the Fuhlsbüttel concentration camp . On July 24, 1935, the Hanseatic Higher Regional Court sentenced him to two and a half years in prison for “preparation for high treason”, which he served until July 11, 1937 in Wolfenbüttel prison.

In January 1943 he was recruited into the Wehrmacht . In February 1946 he returned to Hamburg from British captivity and continued his work for the SPD. He lived in the street Immenhöven 32, in the Fritz-Schumacher-Siedlung , in Hamburg-Langenhorn .

In 1982 the Bruno-Lauenroth-Weg in Hamburg-Langenhorn was named after him.

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SURNAME Lauenroth, Bruno
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German social democrat and resistance fighter against National Socialism
DATE OF BIRTH May 1, 1906
PLACE OF BIRTH Hamburg
DATE OF DEATH January 10, 1971