Egbert Hayessen

Egbert Hayessen (born December 28, 1913 in Eisleben , † August 15, 1944 in Berlin-Plötzensee ) was a German major and resistance fighter .

Mittelhof State Domain

First page of the judgment of the People's Court , the other defendants are Bernhard Klamroth , Hans Georg Klamroth , Wolf-Heinrich von Helldorff , Adam von Trott zu Solz and Hans Bernd von Haeften

education

He grew up on the Hessian state domain Mittelhof near Felsberg -Gensungen. From Easter 1927 Egbert Hayessen attended the Roßleben monastery school , where he graduated from high school in 1933. After graduating from high school, Hayessen completed military training with Artillery Regiment No. 12 in Schwerin . He was initially a professional officer and rose to major in the general staff with the commander- in -chief of the replacement army, General Friedrich Fromm . In 1943 he was on the staff of Friedrich Olbricht .

Participation in the assassination attempt on July 20, 1944

From Robert Bernardis , Egbert Hayessen first learned about the Walküre company and the planned assassination attempt on Adolf Hitler on July 15, 1944 . He suddenly turned away from National Socialism and spontaneously took part in the assassination attempt on Adolf Hitler on July 20, 1944 , by taking over the planned logistical connections to city commander Paul von Hase and police chief Wolf-Heinrich Graf von Helldorff . On the day of the attack, Egbert Hayessen brought Paul von Hase the news that General Fromm had been arrested in the Bendler Block . He then took part in the occupation of the Berlin city command, in the preparations for the occupation of the radio building in Berlin and finally in the arrest of the Reich Propaganda Minister Goebbels .

Egbert Hayessen was sentenced to death on August 15, 1944, in a trial whose judgments are now judged to be judicial murders , and hanged on the same day in Plötzensee .

Memorials

Egbert Hayessen is commemorated in the Plötzensee memorial . In addition, a memorial plaque and a street name near the central courtyard near Gensungen remind of his personal uprising of conscience.

literature

• Dieter Vaupel : Egbert Hayessen. Memories of an almost forgotten resistance fighter of July 20, 1944 and his family. 1st edition. Schüren, Marburg 2019, ISBN 978-3-7410-0266-3 .
• Thomas Schattner: Sixty years ago - July 20, 1944, the uprising of the military, in the local area: Execution of a Gensung officer in Berlin: Egbert Hayessen. In: Circular letter from the Breitenau memorial. Guxhagen 2004.

Web links

• Short biography of the German Resistance Memorial Center

Individual evidence

1. ^ Dieter Vaupell : Egbert Hayessen. Memories of an almost forgotten resistance fighter of July 20, 1944 and his family . 1st edition. Schüren, Marburg 2019, ISBN 978-3-7410-0266-3 , pp. 33-39 .
2. ^ Dieter Vaupel: Egbert Hayessen. Memories of an almost forgotten resistance fighter of July 20, 1944 and his family . 1st edition. Schüren, Marburg 2019, ISBN 978-3-7410-0266-3 , pp. 41-45 .
3. ^ Dieter Vaupel: Egbert Hayessen. Memories of an almost forgotten resistance fighter of July 20, 1944 and his family . 1st edition. Schüren, Marburg 2019, ISBN 978-3-7410-0266-3 , pp. 51-62 .
4. ↑ Text of the Act to Repeal National Socialist Judgments in Criminal Justice . Helmut Ortner: The executioner. Roland Freisler. Murderer in the service of Hitler. Steidl, Göttingen 1995, ISBN 3-88243-355-8 . Claudia Fröhlich: “Against the tabooing of disobedience”. Fritz Bauer's concept of resistance and the coming to terms with Nazi crimes. Campus, Frankfurt am Main 2004, ISBN 3-593-37874-4 .
5. ^ Karl Otmar von Aretin : Henning von Treschkow and the military resistance during the time of National Socialism. (PDF; 260 kB) .