Felix Tucholla

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Replacement memorial plaque that was attached to the Tuchollas' home in Victoria City until 2013; the original has been in the Lichtenberg Local History Museum since 2006
Memorial stone , Nöldnerstrasse 44 in Berlin-Rummelsburg

Felix Tucholla (born May 17, 1899 in Friedrichsfelde ; † September 8, 1943 in Berlin-Plötzensee ) was a German resistance fighter against National Socialism .

Life

Tucholla worked as a locksmith. He became a member of the KPD in 1928 and was an honorary functionary of the Kampfgemeinschaft für Rote Sporteinheit , political leader of the KPD cell in Lichtenberger Lessingstrasse and, most recently, organizational head of the Eastern sub-district of the KPD. After 1933 he continued to work illegally, distributing leaflets and forming a training circle. Together with his wife Käthe Tucholla , he supported anti-fascist actions by the resistance group around Robert Uhrig from 1939 . They helped the parachutist Erwin Panndorf , who jumped over East Prussia from the Soviet Union in May 1942 , and after arriving in Berlin in June 1942, they found him accommodation, and Käthe Tucholla traveled several times to Meerane to establish old contacts for Panndorf. After the Gestapo arrested Käthe Tucholla at one of these meetings, a few days later, on July 8, 1942, Felix Tucholla was arrested in Berlin. The People's Court sentenced the couple to death on August 17, 1943. Felix Tucholla was executed on September 8 in the so-called “ Plötzensee Blood Nights ”, his wife Käthe on September 28, 1943 in Berlin-Plötzensee .

Honors

  • In 1953, the committee of anti-fascist resistance fighters had a memorial plaque installed on the Tuchollas' house at 41 Kaskelstrasse in Berlin-Rummelsburg . The panel was unscrewed in 2006 and handed over to the Lichtenberg Local History Museum in Stadthausstrasse, and a copy was attached to the house. For this purpose, a memorial stele for the Tuchollas was inaugurated in front of the building on September 28, 2013 .
  • The former Viktoriaplatz in Berlin's Kaskelkiez was given the name " Tuchollaplatz " in 1951 .
  • In September 1977, the then auxiliary school in Nöldnerstraße was given the name "Käthe und Felix Tucholla", and the district office put a memorial stone in the schoolyard.

literature

  • Hans-Joachim Fieber (Ed.): Resistance in Berlin against the Nazi regime 1933 to 1945. A biographical lexicon. Volume VIII. Trafo-Verlag, Berlin 2004, ISBN 3-89626-358-7 , page 72.
  • Hans-Rainer Sandvoss : The “other” capital of the Reich. Resistance from the labor movement in Berlin from 1933 to 1945 . Lukas-Verlag, Berlin 2007, ISBN 978-3-936872-94-1 .

Web links

Commons : Felix Tucholla  - collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Commemoration of the Tuchollas , In: Berliner Woche , Lichtenberg-Nordwest edition, October 2, 2013, page 2
personal data
SURNAME Tucholla, Felix
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German resistance fighters against National Socialism
DATE OF BIRTH May 17, 1899
PLACE OF BIRTH Friedrichsfelde
DATE OF DEATH September 8, 1943
Place of death Berlin-Plötzensee