Elsa Werner
Elsa Werner (born February 15, 1911 in Hamburg ; † March 30, 2012 there ) was a German communist Jewish resistance fighter against National Socialism .
Life
Werner was involved in the socialist workers' youth , then in the KPD in Berlin and was arrested in 1934 and convicted of " high treason ". Eventually she was deported to the Theresienstadt ghetto .
When the destroyed Jewish community in Hamburg re-institutionalized after the Shoah and the end of the war, Elsa Werner became a member of the newly founded Hamburg Jewish Community in 1946 , where she gave advice and initiatives for former concentration camp prisoners and those in need. The chairman of the Hamburg Jewish Community, Ruben Herzberg, paid tribute to her services in 2009 with the words that she was “as a constant campaigner in favor of disadvantaged groups, an outstanding example of Jewish participation in the development of young democracy in post-war Germany”.
Awards
Elsa Werner received the Herbert Weichmann Medal in 2009 . This was awarded on September 13, 2009 in the community center of the Hamburg Jewish Community in the Talmud Torah School at Grindelhof. In 2010 she received the Herbert Wehner Medal from the trade union ver.di Hamburg, which is awarded to “people who are committed to fighting right-wing extremist activities, xenophobia and indifference”.
Web links
Individual evidence
- ↑ Quoted from: "Herbert-Weichmann-Medaille awarded", Central Council of Jews in Germany , accessed on January 8, 2013.
- ↑ Medal for Resisters, Hamburger Abendblatt , accessed on January 8, 2013
- ^ Heide Sobotka: Courage, commitment and resistance , Jüdische Allgemeine September 3, 2009, online .
- ↑ Quoted from: "Herbert-Weichmann-Medaille awarded", Central Council of Jews in Germany
- ^ Herbert Weichmann Medal 2009 goes to Elsa Werner and Traute Lafrenz-Page Press release of the Auschwitz Committee in the Federal Republic of Germany (PDF), accessed January 5, 2013.
- ↑ Medal for Resisters , Hamburger Abendblatt, September 14, 2009
- ↑ Awarded the Herbert Wehner Medal 2010, Verdi Hamburg website ( page no longer available , search in web archives ) Info: The link was automatically marked as defective. Please check the link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Werner, Elsa |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German communist Jewish resistance fighter |
| DATE OF BIRTH | February 15, 1911 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Hamburg |
| DATE OF DEATH | March 30, 2012 |
| Place of death | Hamburg |