Carl Stade
Carl Stade (born May 2, 1900 in Plaue , † January 5, 1945 in Weimar ) was a German master locksmith and resistance fighter against the Nazi regime , executed in the courtyard of the Weimar regional court .
Life
After attending primary school and learning the metalworking trade in Suhl , he was drafted as a soldier in the First World War. In 1924 he acquired the master craftsman's certificate in Erfurt and in 1924 became a member of the German Metalworkers' Association (DMV). In the Suhl armaments factory CBHaenel, where he worked as a welder, he had been a member of a resistance group since 1933. In 1936 he leased an inn with an attached grocery store in the Friedberg settlement. In this settler restaurant "Zum Schuppen" anti-fascists from Suhl met for illegal meetings and discussions. Among them were u. a. Alfred "Max" Gerngroß ( KPD sympathizer ) and his brother Rudolf Gerngroß (member of the SPD for a short time ), Minna and Emil Recknagel (both KPD) and Richard Heim (non-party). They discussed the political situation and the course of the war. In September 1943 he was taken to the Ichtershausen prison during a mass arrest . Minna and Emil Recknagel, together with Carl Stade, were indicted by the People's Court on November 29, 1944 for their “entire anti-state behavior” because of communist group formation and armaments sabotage , sentenced to death and declared “lifelong dishonorable”. On December 15, 1944, the Reich Minister of Justice , Thierack , ordered the execution of the judgment, which took place on January 5, 1945. Eight men and one woman were beheaded every 20 seconds.
Carl Stade was married to Ida Heim since 1929. They became the parents of their son Dietrich.
memory
- After the liberation from fascism , a memorial to the Suhl resistance fighters Alfred Gerngroß, Emil Eckstein, Emil and Minna Recknagel, Karl Stade and Rudolf Gerngroß was built on a brick wall in Suhl's Friedbergsiedlung on Lupinenweg , which was redesigned in the mid-1980s. After that, a new stone pedestal contained a corresponding inscription. Until 1990 there was a memorial plaque with a similar inscription on the building of the settlers 'home, which was removed for unknown reasons and then kept in the office of the settlers' home.
- On May 5, 2008 a stumbling block for Carl Stade was laid in front of the “Zum Schuppen” restaurant .
literature
• Gerd Kaiser (Ed.), Aufrecht und stark, p. 116
Individual evidence
- ↑ Memorials for the Victims of National Socialism II, p. 885
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Stade, Carl |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Stade, Karl |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German resistance fighters against National Socialism |
| DATE OF BIRTH | May 2, 1900 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Plaue |
| DATE OF DEATH | January 5, 1945 |
| Place of death | Weimar |