Ernst Lehmann (resistance fighter)
Ernst Lehmann (born April 15, 1908 in Magdeburg ; † May 3, 1945 in Neustädter Bucht ) was an SPD politician and was involved in the resistance against National Socialism .
Life
As the son of a printer, Lehmann joined the Socialist Workers' Youth (SAJ) in 1925 and the SPD in 1928. He took over the management of the SAJ group Magdeburg-Altstadt. He worked as a typesetter until 1929, when he became unemployed.
In 1931 he succeeded Werner Bruschke as youth secretary in the SPD district executive committee in Magdeburg. After the takeover of the Nazi party in 1933, he organized together with Bruschke and Ludwig Wellhausen an illegal network of contacts of the Social Democrats in the district of Magdeburg. He also had contact with the illegal Reich leadership of the SAJ in Berlin . After their arrest in 1934, Lehmann was also arrested, but was released after four weeks. He continued to work for the illegal SPD and kept in touch with the SPD party executive in exile in Prague .
In 1936, after several years of unemployment, he found another job with the Scherl publishing house in Magdeburg. In 1939 Lehmann was arrested and, after two years of pre-trial detention, sentenced to 15 months in prison for crimes against the law against party prohibitions of July 14, 1933 . Although the prison sentence had actually already been served due to the pre-trial detention, Lehmann was incarcerated in the Neuengamme concentration camp . At the end of the war, Lehmann was one of the 7,000 prisoners who were held on ships. Five days before the end of the war, British fighter-bombers attacked the ships. Lehmann died when the prisoner ships were sunk in this way.
Honor
The city of Magdeburg has named a street ( Ernst-Lehmann-Straße ) in his honor. A youth hostel in Wernigerode was named after him.
literature
- Beatrix Herlemann : Lehmann, Ernst. In: Guido Heinrich, Gunter Schandera (ed.): Magdeburg Biographical Lexicon 19th and 20th centuries. Biographical lexicon for the state capital Magdeburg and the districts of Bördekreis, Jerichower Land, Ohrekreis and Schönebeck. Scriptum, Magdeburg 2002, ISBN 3-933046-49-1 .
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| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Lehmann, Ernst |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German politician (SPD), engaged in resistance against National Socialism |
| DATE OF BIRTH | April 15, 1908 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Magdeburg |
| DATE OF DEATH | May 3, 1945 |
| Place of death | Neustadt Bay |