Erich Hermann (communist)

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Erich Hermann (born February 4, 1914 , † January 1, 1933 in Berlin ) was a German communist .

Life

Erich Hermann had several siblings, his father was a railway worker and by participating in the First World War kriegsversehrt . He lived in his parents' house at 7 Krügerstrasse in Lichtenrade , the house no longer exists today. He was a member of the Communist Youth Association Germany ( KJVD ) and of the Kampfbund against Fascism .

death

Erich Hermann was attacked at the age of 18 on New Year's Eve from December 31, 1932 to January 1, 1933 at what was then Kaiser-Friedrich-Platz in Lichtenrade by a group of men who had come from the nearby SA labor camp. From the then 22-year-old SA man Fritz Osthoff, he suffered a stab in the throat, from which he bled to death in a very short time. The perpetrator was arrested for bodily harm resulting in death, but acquitted by the Berlin Regional Court in March 1933 .

Hermann's funeral took place on January 10, 1933 and was one of the last major demonstrations by Communists, Socialists and Social Democrats against National Socialism in Berlin .

Honors

Memorial plaque Erich-Hermann-Platz

Shortly after the end of the Nazi regime , there is said to have been a wooden plaque on the square in memory of Erich Hermann.

Based on information handed down by contemporary witnesses and documented in the 1980s by the Association of People Persecuted by the Nazi Regime ( VVN ), the Lichtenrade history workshop researched and published the events and their backgrounds in more detail.

As early as 1988 there was a petition for a designation of the square by Erich Hermann and the then National Education City Council in Tempelhof district , Klaus Wowereit , campaigned for it. The motion was submitted to the BVV on September 14, 1988 and rejected at the meeting on December 7, 1988 with the votes of the majority parliamentary group of the CDU .

In 2002, renaming activities were undertaken, signatures were collected and contact was made with the SPD and Bündnis 90 / Die Grünen in the now merged Tempelhof-Schöneberg district . On November 20, 2002, the SPD parliamentary group introduced a motion for a resolution to the BVV, which was approved at the meeting of the culture committee on April 3, 2003 with 8 yes-votes, 5 no-votes and 2 abstentions and again to the District Assembly was returned. The renaming was published in the Official Gazette for Berlin No. 51, Sheet 4537 on October 31, 2003.

The since 1938 nameless place on the corner Wünsdorfer corner Blohmstraße was in his honor on February 4, 2004 or on May 4, 2005. Erich Hermann Square named.

At the corner of Blohmstrasse and Prinz-Heinrich-Strasse , the memorial plaque became a small, white sign under the street sign.

The street sign on Erich-Hermann-Platz has already been smeared several times and cleaned again by the history workshop.

Web links

Memorial plaque in Berlin on Erich-Hermann-Platz

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Krügerstrasse 7 in the Berlin address book from 1933
  2. ↑ Boxheimer Nacht in Lichtenrade in: Die Rote Fahne on page 3 on January 3, 1933
  3. ↑ Dead and injured on New Year's Eve in: Pilsner Tagblatt on page 2 on January 3, 1933
  4. ^ The SA murderer in: Social Democratic Press Service on page 15 on January 11, 1933
  5. ↑ Another National Socialist murder in: Salzburger Chronik on page 7 on January 11, 1933
  6. ^ The SA murderer in: Lübecker Volksbote on page 4 on January 13, 1933
  7. ↑ Pledge to fight at Hermann's grave Thousands of Berlin workers gave their last escort in: Die Rote Fahne on January 11, 1933
  8. ^ Workshop discussion on the eightieth anniversary of the death of Erich Hermann Berliner Geschichtswerkstatt eV
  9. ↑ Memorial sites on National Socialism right on the doorstep Tour in Lichtenrade on March 17, 2012
  10. ↑ Printed matter from BVV Tempelhof-Schöneberg dated March 16, 2005
  11. ^ Kauperts: Erich-Hermann-Platz
  12. ↑ New place B.Z. on May 9, 2005
personal data
SURNAME Hermann, Erich
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German communist
DATE OF BIRTH February 4, 1914
DATE OF DEATH January 1, 1933
Place of death Berlin