Dagobert Biermann
Dagobert Biermann (born November 13, 1904 in Hamburg ; † February 22, 1943 in Auschwitz concentration camp ) was a Hamburg communist and resistance fighter against National Socialism .
Life
Biermann was born as the son of John and Louise Biermann, née Löwenthal, in Hamburg. He was married to Emma and is the father of the songwriter Wolf Biermann . Biermann was a member of the KPD and a shipyard worker at Blohm & Voss .
After Hitler came to power, Biermann went underground and illegally distributed the Hamburger Volkszeitung . He and his group were discovered and Biermann received two years in prison in Lübeck . In May 1935 he was released from prison and got a job as a locksmith at the German shipyard . He rejoined the KPD and the resistance. In 1937 the resistance group succeeded in internationally disclosing Hitler's secret arms shipments to the Spanish dictator Franco .
After a Gestapo spy was smuggled into the resistance group, Biermann was arrested again and sentenced to six years in prison. As a Jewish political prisoner, he was deported to Auschwitz and murdered there.
literature
- Wolf Biermann : Don't wait for better times! The autobiography. Propylaen Verlag: Berlin 2016, ISBN 978-3-549-07473-2 .
Individual evidence
- ^ Commemorative book victims of the persecution of the Jews under the Nazi tyranny in Germany 1933-1945 . Federal Archives, Koblenz 1986, ISBN 3-89192-003-2 .
- ^ List of victims from Auschwitz. Auschwitz death register, Auschwitz-Birkenau State Museum, pp. 9847/1943.
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Biermann, Dagobert |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German communist and resistance fighter |
| DATE OF BIRTH | November 13, 1904 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Hamburg |
| DATE OF DEATH | February 22, 1943 |
| Place of death | Auschwitz concentration camp |