Ernst Fink (musician)
Ernst Karl Fink (born February 25, 1896 in Erfurt , † February 25, 1945 in Brandenburg an der Havel ) was a German orchestral musician and a victim of National Socialism .
Life
He was born in Erfurt in 1896 as the son of a manual worker. After completing his military service at the end of the First World War , he moved back to Erfurt. There he worked as an orchestral musician in the orchestra of the Erfurt City Theater . It is not known which instrument he played. He carried the title of chamber musician . In 1929 he married Lucie Pfister in Magdeburg , the marriage remained childless.
On December 14, 1944, at the request of the public prosecutor Karl-Heinz Bellwinkel, he was sentenced to death by the 3rd Senate of the People's Court in Berlin . The reason given was: “In the fifth year of the war, the defendant Ernst Fink made defeatist statements to another national comrade . He also cut up two pictures of the Führer in the city theater in Erfurt . ” The sentence was carried out on Fink's 49th birthday in the Brandenburg penitentiary .
Post-history
The public prosecutor Bellwinkel was "exonerated" by the main denazification committee Lübbecke in 1948 and worked as the first public prosecutor in Bielefeld until his retirement . A criminal complaint against Bellwinkel for participating in at least six judgments of the People's Court was set on May 3, 1985 because the accused was “permanently unable to stand trial”.
proof
- Volksgerichtshof Berlin, AZ 3 L 522/44/4 J 2052/44
- City Archives Erfurt, letter from Dr. Benl from September 30, 2011, AZ 41.04 / 7544
- Public prosecutor at the Berlin Regional Court, letter from public prosecutor Janntz dated June 30, 1989, AZ JP (K) Js 11/85
literature
- Ingo Müller, Terrible Jurists , Kindler-Verlag Munich 1987, ISBN 3-463-40038-3
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| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Fink, Ernst |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Fink, Ernst Karl (full name) |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German chamber musician and a victim of National Socialism |
| DATE OF BIRTH | February 25, 1896 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Erfurt |
| DATE OF DEATH | February 25, 1945 |
| Place of death | Brandenburg on the Havel |