Franz Latzel

Franz Latzel (born January 26, 1880 in Bobischau , Habelschwerdt district , province of Silesia , † August 29, 1941 in Dresden ) was a Dresden worker functionary and anti-fascist resistance fighter .

Life

Franz Latzel's urn grave in the Heidefriedhof

Latzel was a trained locksmith and member of the German Metalworkers Association . In 1912 he first became a member of the SPD , then he joined the USPD in 1917 , and finally joined the KPD in 1920 . He was also a member of the "Community of Proletarian Freethinkers " and the housing association . Latzel worked as a locksmith in the Sachsenwerk in Niedersedlitz . There he took part in illegal anti-fascist actions, for example by distributing leaflets and other material.

Franz Latzel was arrested on August 21, 1941 in connection with the imprisonment of Willy Schneider from Freital for "high treason". The reason given by the Gestapo in a report on important state police events on August 27, 1941 was that there was a "suspicion ... of working for the illegal KPD and listening to foreign broadcasters". Latzel was taken to the detention center at Police Headquarters , where he was interrogated and ill-treated for days. On August 29, 1941, his relatives received notification that he had "died" in custody. His urn grave is located in the honor grove of the Dresden Heidefriedhof .

Commemoration

On July 24, 1945 the Dürrstrasse in Dresden- Leuben was renamed Latzelstrasse . Since August 15, 1962, it has been called Franz-Latzel-Straße according to the council resolution .

literature

Franz Latzel . In: Museum for the History of the City of Dresden: Biographical notes on Dresdner Strasse and squares that recall personalities from the labor movement, the anti-fascist resistance struggle and the socialist rebuilding . Dresden 1976, p. 47.

Web links

Franz Latzel in the Stadtwiki Dresden
Biographical collection of the Association of Victims of the Nazi Regime in the Federal Archives , files DY 55 / V 278/6/1071

Individual evidence

↑ Notification of important state police events. No. 12 of August 27, 1941 . In: Gestapo reports on the anti-fascist resistance struggle of the KPD from 1933 to 1945. Volume 2: September 1939 to August 1943 . Dietz Verlag, Berlin 1989, p. 82.

personal data
SURNAME	Latzel, Franz
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	Dresden worker functionary and anti-fascist resistance fighter
DATE OF BIRTH	January 26, 1880
PLACE OF BIRTH	Bobischau , District of Habelschwerdt , Province of Silesia
DATE OF DEATH	August 29, 1941
Place of death	Dresden

[1] Notification of important state police events. No. 12 of August 27, 1941 . In: Gestapo reports on the anti-fascist resistance struggle of the KPD from 1933 to 1945. Volume 2: September 1939 to August 1943 . Dietz Verlag, Berlin 1989, p. 82.