Engelbert Steiner
Engelbert Steiner (born May 2, 1904 in Traunstein , † September 8, 1943 in Berlin-Plötzensee ) was a German worker and a victim of National Socialism . He was persecuted as a member of the KPD in the Third Reich, imprisoned several times and executed during the Plötzensee Bloody Nights .
Life
Engelbert Steiner was born in the Traunsteiner Schützenstraße as the son of Maria Reiter. Nothing is known about the father. After Engelbert's birth, his mother married Franz Steiner, who came from Inzell. The family later moved to Westerbuchberg after purchasing a farm there. Engelbert attended school there and later worked as a peat cutter in Rottau . He also worked in the Staudach / Egerndach limestone quarry and as a gatekeeper in Übersee am Chiemsee . He had been married to Therese since 1928. The couple had four children.
Immediately after the National Socialists "seized power " in 1933, he was taken into so-called protective custody for the first time . On April 11, 1942, he was arrested in Traunstein after a work colleague denounced him to the mayor after a conversation with the colleague's son . In June 1943, after a year in prison, the first trial took place in Munich. Further negotiations for high treason took place in Berlin before the People's Court . Steiner was sentenced to death and on September 8, 1943 Plötzensee executed .
literature
- Friedbert Mühldorfer: The barrier guard Engelbert Steiner Liliom-Verlag, Waging am See 2018, ISBN 978-393-47859-91
Web links
- Enforcement order from the Reich Ministry of Justice of September 7, 1943, [1]
Individual evidence
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Steiner, Engelbert |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German workers and victims of National Socialism |
| DATE OF BIRTH | May 2, 1904 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Traunstein |
| DATE OF DEATH | September 8, 1943 |
| Place of death | Berlin-Plötzensee |