Erich Kurz
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Erich Kurz (born March 16, 1895 in Charlottenburg ; † August 21, 1944 in the Brandenburg-Görden prison ) was a German communist and resistance fighter against National Socialism .
Life
After finishing school, Kurz completed a commercial apprenticeship and later worked as an employee. In 1914 he registered as a volunteer for the front, but returned from the First World War as a determined opponent of the war .
In 1919 he was one of the founders of the Spartakusbund and the KPD in Charlottenburg. He worked for AEG from 1920 to 1942 and was also organized as a union from 1921. In the years before 1933 he was a district councilor in Berlin-Charlottenburg and an official of the Red Front Fighter League . In 1931 he took over the chairmanship of the workers' sports cartel in the Charlottenburg district, and he was also the conductor of a mandolin club .
After 1933 he belonged to an "illegal" company cell of the KPD. Kurz knew how to win over former workers' athletes and members of the mandolin club to resist the Nazi regime. Many of them - as well as Kurz - became members of the resistance organization led by Robert Uhrig . After the outbreak of war in 1939, Kurz was included in the management of the organization. There he was responsible for the technical apparatus whose employees procured typewriters , paper and matrices to produce the pamphlet information service . At that time, Kurz was working as a technician in the Telefunken tube factory in Moabit and was also in contact with forced laborers .
Kurz was arrested on February 4, 1942, and after a year of “ protective custody ” in 1943, he was transferred to the Sachsenhausen concentration camp . At the end of 1943 he was transferred to Landsberg / Warthe and sentenced to death on June 6, 1944 by the 5th Senate of the People's Court as one of the main defendants. Kurz died under the guillotine in Brandenburg-Görden prison.
Honors
- In Berlin-Lichtenberg a street is named after Erich Kurz.
- On October 14, 2009 , a stumbling block was laid in front of Erich Kurz's former home, Rückertstrasse 9, in Berlin-Charlottenburg .
literature
- Luise Kraushaar (Ed.): German resistance fighters 1933-1945. Biographies and letters . Volume 2. Dietz, Berlin 1970, p. 512.
Web links
- Erich Kurz . Short biography on the website of the Lichtenberg Museum.
Individual evidence
- ↑ Estate of Hilde Meta Kurz (granddaughter)
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | In short, Erich |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German resistance fighters against National Socialism |
| DATE OF BIRTH | March 16, 1895 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Berlin-Charlottenburg |
| DATE OF DEATH | August 21, 1944 |
| Place of death | Brandenburg-Görden prison |