Erna Behling

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Erna Behling , née Behnke (born October 5, 1884 in Hamburg ; † April 21, 1945 in Neuengamme concentration camp ) was a German nurse who was active as a resistance fighter against National Socialism in the communist Bästlein-Jacob-Abshagen group .

Life

Stumbling block for Erna Behling at Löwenstrasse 5 in Hamburg-Hoheluft-Ost .

Erna Behling was born in Hamburg on October 5, 1884. In the nursing historical research no information is known about her childhood and youth, but an undated photograph of Erna Behling exists in the costume of the Red Cross . This suggests that she spent part of her professional life as a Red Cross nurse .

Despite investigations by Hanna Elling and Hilde Steppe in connection with nursing under National Socialism , the date Erna Behling joined the Communist Party of Germany is not known, but it is certain that she was involved in the Hamburg uprising on October 23, 1923. Her nickname Red Nurse comes from this time .

In 1939 she married Friedrich Behling, who was also active in the resistance. She belonged to the Bästlein-Jacob-Abshagen resistance group . Towards the end of 1944, the Behlings were denounced . Erna Behling was by the Gestapo in protective custody and taken to the detention center Fuhlsbüttel spent. In April 1945, Erna Behling was transferred to the Neuengamme concentration camp together with 12 other women and 58 resistance men on the instructions of Count von Bassewitz-Behr . There she was hanged without a death sentence on the night of April 22, 1945 .

Commemoration

In memory of Erna Behling, the Erna-Behling-Kehre, a street in Hamburg-Neuallermöhe , was named after her. A stumbling block at Löwenstrasse 5 ( Falkenried-Terrassen - residence) in Hamburg-Hoheluft-Ost also reminds of the resistance fighter.

See also

literature

  • Hanna Elling: Women in the German Resistance 1933–1945. Röderberg-Verlag, 1981, ISBN 3-87682-024-3 .
  • Hilde Steppe: Nursing in National Socialism. Mabuse-Verlag, 1989, ISBN 3-925499-35-0 .
  • Karin Wittneben: Behling, Erna In: Horst-Peter Wolff (Hrsg.): Lexicon for care history. “Who was who in nursing history.” Urban & Fischer, 2001, ISBN 3-437-26670-5 , pp. 19-20.

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Gertrud Meyer : Night over Hamburg: Reports and documents. , Library of Resistance, Röderberg-Verlag, 1971, page 108.
personal data
SURNAME Behling, Erna
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German resistance fighter against National Socialism, nurse
DATE OF BIRTH October 5, 1884
PLACE OF BIRTH Hamburg
DATE OF DEATH April 21, 1945
Place of death Neuengamme concentration camp