Erich Busse

Erich Busse (born October 19, 1905 Koepenick near Berlin ; † September 20, 1940 ) was a German resistance fighter against National Socialism and a member of the group " New Beginning ".

Life

Busse, a trained lathe operator, was a member of the German Metalworkers' Association and the Communist Party of Germany before 1933 .

After the " seizure of power " by the National Socialists in 1933, he took part in secret meetings of the resistance group " New Beginning " and wrote several reports for their leadership (code name "Strong"). On April 24, 1936, he and his wife Frieda, who were released four days later, were arrested. Busse himself remained imprisoned in the Berlin-Moabit remand prison. It was on January 9, 1937, two years and three months prison convicted. He was released on July 28, 1938. He was later arrested again. He died in custody.

Honors

• At the Oberschöneweide forest cemetery , to the right of the main path, there is a tomb-like memorial stone for buses and six other Nazi victims: Fritz Plön , Wilhelm Firl , Fritz Kirsch , Günther Ratajczak , Bernhard Sobottka and Elfriede Tygör .

literature

• Heinrich-Wilhelm Wörmann: Resistance in Köpenick and Treptow (= series of publications on the resistance in Berlin from 1933 to 1945. No. 9). German Resistance Memorial Center, Berlin 1995, p. 76.
• Ulrike Puvogel, Martin Stankowski: Memorials for the Victims of National Socialism. Documentation II: Berlin, Brandenburg, Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania, Saxony-Anhalt, Saxony, Thuringia . Federal Agency for Civic Education, Bonn 2000, pp. 68f.
• Hans-Joachim Fieber et al. (Ed.): Resistance in Berlin against the Nazi regime 1933 to 1945. A biographical lexicon . Volume 1: A-B. Trafo Verlag, Berlin 2003, ISBN 3-89626-351-X , p. 266.
• Hans-Rainer Sandvoss : The “other” capital of the Reich. Resistance from the labor movement in Berlin from 1933 to 1945 . Lukas-Verlag, Berlin 2007, pp. 227 and 237.

Web links

• Erich Busse on the website of the BdA Köpenick.