Erich Janitzky

Memorial plaque at Haus Mittelheide 3, in Berlin-Köpenick

Erich Janitzky (born July 21, 1900 in Berlin , † June 21, 1933 in Berlin-Köpenick ) was a German communist and murder victim of the Köpenick Blood Week.

Life

After attending elementary school, Janitzky completed an apprenticeship as a mechanical engineer . In 1917 he was drafted to take part in the First World War. After 1918 he earned his living again as a mechanical engineer. He also attended evening courses at a technical college.

From 1924 Janitzky worked for Siemens AG in Berlin-Siemensstadt as a locksmith . He was married to Hedwig Janitzky since 1927. From 1926 to 1931, Max Seidel was organizational manager in the Köpenick-Nord area of the KPD. Political director was Erich Janitzky. In 1930 he was dismissed without notice because of his activity as KPD manager . He then sold magazines. In addition, he performed official duties for his party.

On June 21, 1933, at the beginning of the Köpenick Blood Week , Janitzky was abducted by the SA and found shot in the Alte Dahlwitzer Strasse near the house of the Schmaus family ( Johann Schmaus , Anton Schmaus ). "The arrested locksmith Janitzky, who was in the murder car, was also found dead a few hours later with a shot in the head and stomach."

Honors

Today the Stelling-Janitzky-Brücke (1860) in Berlin-Treptow as well as the former Ravvensteiner Str. And Kleinstrasse, which were renamed Janitzkystrasse in 1947, in Köpenick, also in Köpenick, the monument on April 23rd, the memorial stone at Essenplatz and the Stolperstein in Mittelheide 3.

literature

Kurt Werner, Karl Heinz Biernat: The Köpenicker Blood Week June 1933 . Dietz Verlag, Berlin 1958. (47 pages)
- Kurt Werner, Karl Heinz Biernat: The Köpenicker blood week June 1933 with an appendix of the victims . Dietz Verlag, Berlin 1960, p. 48 (photo), 63, 88. (103 p.)
Heinrich-Wilhelm Wörmann: Resistance in Köpenick and Treptow . German Resistance Memorial Center, Berlin 2010, pp. 26, 36, 301, 302. (= Series of publications on the resistance in Berlin from 1933 to 1945. Volume 9) ISBN 3-926082-03-8 . Digitized
Janitzky, Erich . In: Hans-Joachim Fieber: Resistance in Berlin against the Nazi regime 1933 to 1945. A biographical lexicon. Volume 3. Trafo Verlag, Berlin 2004, p. 184. ISBN 3-89626-353-6

Web links

Commons : Erich Janitzky - Collection of pictures, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

↑ Kurt Werner, Karl Heinz Biernat (1960), p. 88.
↑ "It cannot be completely ruled out that Erich Janitzky was hit by a stray from the pistol of [Anton] Schmaus." (Heinrich-Wilhelm Wörmann, p. 26.) Unfortunately Wörmann does not give a reason for this statement or source for it.

personal data
SURNAME	Janitzky, Erich
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	German communist and murder victim Köpenicker Blutwoche
DATE OF BIRTH	July 21, 1900
PLACE OF BIRTH	Berlin
DATE OF DEATH	June 21, 1933
Place of death	Berlin-Koepenick

[1] Kurt Werner, Karl Heinz Biernat (1960), p. 88.

[2] "It cannot be completely ruled out that Erich Janitzky was hit by a stray from the pistol of [Anton] Schmaus." (Heinrich-Wilhelm Wörmann, p. 26.) Unfortunately Wörmann does not give a reason for this statement or source for it.