Egmont Schultz
Egmont Schultz (born October 13, 1903 in Berlin , † January 29, 1945 in Brandenburg an der Havel ) was a German toolmaker and, as a member of the Saefkow-Jacob-Bästlein organization, a resistance fighter against the Nazi regime . He was sentenced to death by the Nazi judiciary and executed with the guillotine .
Life
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Egmont Schultz was born on October 13, 1903 in Berlin to Karl Schultz and Marie Schultz, née Dörfer.
He belonged to the Berlin workers' resistance and was a supporter of the Saefkow-Jacob-Bästlein-Organization, one of the largest Berlin resistance groups against the Nazi regime from 1942 to 1945. He was a member of the KPD . From 1926 he was married to Mia Schultz. The couple lived in Berlin-Wedding at Soldiner Strasse 8. They belonged to the Fichte Berlin workers' sports club and worked for Siemens & Halske in Berlin- Siemensstadt . In 1936 he was sentenced to six months in prison.
From the beginning of 1944, Schultz was head of an illegal company group at Siemens & Halske. During the Second World War , the company group belonged to the resistance organization led by the communists Anton Saefkow , Franz Jacob and Bernhard Bästlein . The liaison man in the company for managing the Saefkow-Jacob-Bästlein organization was Rudolf Seiffert . Both made contact with other opponents of Hitler who worked in other parts of the company. They managed to win new comrades-in-arms.
Schultz was involved in the distribution of illegal pamphlets , collected money and food stamps for illegally living people, and made his apartment available for illegal gatherings. He was co-author of a May leaflet for Siemens workers and took part in a conspiratorial meeting with Franz Jacob, Wilhelm Moll and Rudolf Seiffert in Bernau on May 1, 1944 . He was arrested on July 17, 1944. Together with Josef Höhn and Rudolf Seiffert, Schultz was sentenced to death by the People's Court on December 18, 1944 for preparation for high treason and executed by guillotine on January 29, 1945 in the Brandenburg-Görden prison.
Schultz's last letter, which he wrote to his mother in prison, contains the following lines: “I just want to keep telling you how much I love you, well, you know it! I am not afraid of death! I would have loved to see the construction! Pity! Keep me in good memory. "
Honors
In front of the house at Soldiner Strasse 8 in Berlin-Wedding, where Egmont Schultz lived with his wife Mia, there has been a stumbling block since June 2009 that reminds of the executed resistance fighter.
literature
Ursel Hochmuth : Illegal KPD and movement “Free Germany” in Berlin and Brandenburg 1942–1945. Biographies and testimonials from the resistance organization around Saefkow, Jacob and Bästlein. Hentrich and Hentrich, Teetz 1998, ISBN 3-933471-08-7 (= writings from the German Resistance Memorial Center, Series A, analyzes and representations, volume 4). P. 232.
Web links
Individual evidence
- ↑ a b Stolpersteine in Berlin. Places & biographies of the stumbling blocks in Berlin. Retrieved July 6, 2018 .
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Schultz, Egmont |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German toolmaker and, as a member of the Saefkow-Jacob-Bästlein organization, a resistance fighter against the Nazi regime |
| DATE OF BIRTH | October 13, 1903 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Berlin |
| DATE OF DEATH | January 29, 1945 |
| Place of death | Brandenburg on the Havel |