Emil König
Emil König (born September 3, 1899 in Vienna ; died October 25, 1943 in Brandenburg-Görden ) was an Austrian tram workshop worker and resistance fighter against National Socialism . He was sentenced to death by the Nazi regime and beheaded.
life and work
König graduated from business school, was enlisted from 1916 to 1918 and unemployed between 1925 and 1928. He then worked for the Vienna tram and also ran the workers' library in Hietzing. In 1933 he joined the opposition group around Ernst Fischer , in 1934 he joined the KPÖ . He was enlisted in 1939/40 and then participated in the resistance. As a KP functionary he made membership fees until the spring of 1942, paid out support for the relatives of prisoners and distributed communist pamphlets. He was arrested on November 7, 1942 and sentenced to death in Berlin on September 9, 1943, together with Leopold Ecker , Eduard Powolny (Reichsbahn conductor, born January 10, 1915, executed October 25, 1943), Friedrich Höllisch and Andreas Schneider . Six weeks later, King and Powolny were in prison Brandenburg-Gorden by the guillotine executed.
Commemoration
His name can be found on the memorial plaque on the memorial for the Hietzinger tramers beheaded by the Nazi regime in front of the tram depot at Speisinger Strasse 188, dedicated to him, as well as to the resistance fighters Heinrich Lochner , Max Schrems and Hedwig Urach , who were also executed by the Nazi regime .
swell
- Manfred Mugrauer: Soldier of the Just Cause . On the 100th birthday of the communist resistance fighter Hedy Urach, in: Mitteilungen der Alfred Klahr Gesellschaft, vol. 17, No. 3, September 2001, pp. 9–21.
- Michael Krassnitzer: Resistance in Hietzing. The fight for freedom 1934-1938 and 1938-1945 using the example of a Viennese district . Edition Volkshochschule, Vienna 2004, ISBN 3-900-799-58-X
Web links
- Alfred-Klahr-Gesellschaft , short biography of the resistance fighter, with a picture of the king, accessed on March 28, 2015
- Documentation archive of the Austrian resistance , short biography of the resistance fighter, with pictures of the king from the Gestapo card index, accessed on March 28, 2015
Individual evidence
- ↑ Anti-fascist monuments and memorials. In: dasrotewien.at - Web dictionary of the Viennese social democracy. SPÖ Vienna (publisher), accessed on March 28, 2015
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | King, Emil |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Austrian tram workshop worker and resistance fighter against National Socialism |
| DATE OF BIRTH | September 3, 1899 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Vienna |
| DATE OF DEATH | October 25, 1943 |
| Place of death | Brandenburg-Görden |