Elisabeth Lange

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Elisabeth Lange , b. Höppner (* July 7, 1900 in Detmold ; † January 28, 1944 in Hamburg ) was a German housewife and a victim of National Socialism .

Life

Elisabeth Lange was a friend of Katharina Leipelt , the mother of Hans Conrad Leipelt . During the time of National Socialism , she took part in meetings in the house of the Leipelt family, at which the Nazi rule and the possibilities of resistance were critically discussed. On December 10, 1943, she and her husband Alexander Lange were arrested by the Gestapo . She was accused of being involved in the activities of the Hamburg branch of the White Rose . On January 28, 1944, she perished in the Fuhlsbüttel police prison under unexplained circumstances. According to official sources, she committed suicide .

Commemoration

Stumbling block for Elisabeth Lange

A stumbling block in Hoppenstedtstrasse in Hamburg-Eißendorf reminds of Elisabeth Lange . In Hamburg-Langenbek , the Elisabeth-Lange-Weg was named after her. She is listed by name alongside the other victims of the White Rose with the White Rose memorial in Hamburg-Volksdorf . From August 1, 2021, the Ehestorfer Weg district school in Hamburg-Eißendorf will be renamed the Elisabeth-Lange-Schule (ELSE).

See also

literature

  • Ursel Hochmuth : Candidates of Humanity. Documentation on the Hamburg White Rose on the occasion of Hans Leipelt's 50th birthday ; Editor: Association of the anti-fascists and persecuted persons of the Nazi regime Hamburg eV, Hamburg 1971
  • Ursel Hochmuth, Gertrud Meyer : Streiflichter from the Hamburg resistance. 1933–1945 , second edition, Frankfurt 1980, ISBN 3-87682-036-7
  • Herbert Diercks : Freedom lives. Resistance and persecution in Hamburg 1933–1945. Texts, photos and documents. Published by the Neuengamme Concentration Camp Memorial on the occasion of the exhibition of the same name in the Hamburg City Hall from January 22 to February 14, 2010

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Information about Lange auf Stolpersteine ​​Hamburg
personal data
SURNAME Lange, Elisabeth
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German resistance fighter against National Socialism
DATE OF BIRTH July 7, 1900
PLACE OF BIRTH Detmold
DATE OF DEATH January 28, 1944
Place of death Hamburg