Erwin Gehrts
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Erwin Gehrts (born April 18, 1890 in Hamburg , † February 10, 1943 in Berlin-Plötzensee ) was a German resistance fighter , journalist and colonel in the Air Force .
Life
In the First World War Gehrts achieved the rank of lieutenant . Gehrts was editor-in-chief of the Oberhausener Generalanzeiger until 1932 and then worked as a journalist for the daily newspaper in Berlin.
In 1928 he met Harro Schulze-Boysen , who came from Duisburg , and came into contact with his resistance group Rote Kapelle in 1935. From 1934 Gehrts lived in Berlin-Lichtenrade . According to the indictment of the Reich Court Martial, he is said to have passed on military information. Erwin Gehrts was arrested on October 9, 1942, and his trial took place on January 10, 1943. He was executed in Plötzensee on February 10, 1943 .
Honors
A stumbling block was laid in 2007 in front of his last place of residence at Uhlandstrasse 41a .
Factory selection
- The reconnaissance plane. Its tasks and achievements and the surprise in the future war . Berlin 1939
literature
- Antje Dertinger : Hero's daughters . Verlag JHW Dietz Nachf. Bonn , 1997, ISBN 3-8012-0253-4 , chap. "I was very happy that he was one of those who did not participate" Barbara Gehrts, a child from the group of the "Rote Kapelle", p. 200-219 .
- Barbara Gehrts: Never a word of it again . Munich 1989, ISBN 3-423-07813-8 .
- Gilles Perrault : On the trail of the Red Chapel . Europaverlag, Vienna / Munich 1994, ISBN 3-203-51232-7 .
- Gert Rosiejka: The Red Chapel. "Treason" as an anti-fascist resistance . results-Verlag, Hamburg 1986, ISBN 3-925622-16-0 .
- Leopold Trepper : The truth . dtv, Munich 1978, ISBN 3-423-01387-7 .
Individual evidence
- ^ Reimer Möller: A coastal region in political and social upheaval. Lit, 2007, ISBN 978-3-825-89194-7 , p. 229. Restricted preview in Google book search
- ↑ The Dead of the Red Chapel Memorial German Resistance
- ↑ a b Erwin Gehrts ( Memento of the original from January 21, 2013 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. at Stolpersteine (berlin.de)
Web links
- Literature by and about Erwin Gehrts in the catalog of the German National Library
- Search for "Erwin Gehrts" in the German Digital Library
- Search for "Erwin Gehrts" in the SPK digital portal of the Prussian Cultural Heritage Foundation
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Gehrts, Erwin |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Sagitta |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German aviator and journalist |
| DATE OF BIRTH | April 18, 1890 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Hamburg |
| DATE OF DEATH | February 10, 1943 |
| Place of death | Berlin |