Emanuel Larisch

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Emanuel Larisch (born January 1, 1906 in Gleiwitz ; † May 21, 1944 in Buchenwald concentration camp ) was a KPD politician and was involved in the resistance against National Socialism .

Life

Larisch was born the son of a worker and had 7 siblings. In 1920 he finished school and worked as an unskilled worker in the iron industry. Vocational training was not possible for him for financial reasons, he had to help support the family. In 1926 he became unemployed, but then found a job as a coachman in a village. In search of work he then moved to Berlin .

Here he joined the KPD in 1929, under the impression of riots and police attacks on the occasion of demonstrations on May 1, 1929. In the spring of 1930 he and his wife, whom he had met in 1929 and who had also joined the KPD, moved to Magdeburg in the Buckau district, which is predominantly inhabited by workers . Here he was involved in party work and agitated mainly on land missions for the KPD's peasant aid program .

After the National Socialists came to power in 1933 , he took over the illegal district leadership of the KPD in Buckau. He raised funds for the families of inmates and distributed illegal materials. He was arrested on February 29, 1936 . After a brief release, he was arrested again. Interrogations and torture took place in the so-called "Brown House", the seat of the Magdeburg Gestapo on Government Street . Accused of treason , he was about 4 years and 6 months prison convicted. First he was imprisoned in the Coswig prison. Here, too, he was politically active and held training courses on Marxism . In 1940 he was sent to Buchenwald concentration camp . After a brief transfer to Magdeburg and severe abuse, he fell ill with TB . He died on May 21, 1944 in Buchenwald concentration camp.

Honor

The city of Magdeburg has named a street ( Emanuel-Larisch-Weg ) in his honor.