Franz Rekowski

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Franz Rekowski (born January 26, 1891 in Dziengel , Schlochau district , † March 30, 1945 in Coswig (Anhalt) ) was a German resistance fighter against National Socialism .

Life

House at Faberstraße 11 in 2010

During the First World War , Rekowski fell into French captivity. After his return he worked until 1926 for the farmer Eilendorf in Sohlen, a village south of Magdeburg . He lost his job when it became known that he was employed as a cashier in the agricultural workers' association . This was followed by a job at the Magdeburg chemical plant Fahlberg-List . He is also said to have lost this position in 1928 because of political activities, although not party to any party. He then found a job at the Buckau waterworks until he became unemployed in 1930 during the global economic crisis. In 1935 he found work in the planing shop of the Buckau R. Wolf machine factory in Magdeburg. At least at the end of the 1930s he lived at Faberstrasse 11 in the Magdeburg district of Fermersleben .

Rekowski campaigned against the National Socialist tyranny and joined the Schumann resistance group. He was particularly committed to the Soviet and French prisoners of war, for whom he procured food. In addition, he disseminated information at the plant that he had received while illegally listening to foreign stations. He had a special relationship of trust with the French André Minet.

Rekowski was arrested for giving tomatoes to prisoners of war. On January 28, 1944, he was sentenced to five years in prison and five years of loss of honor . He died on March 30, 1945 while imprisoned in Coswig prison .

Honor

His name is also noted on the memorial for the Magdeburg resistance fighters .

literature

  • Short biographies Magdeburg resistance fighters , publisher: Commission for research into the history of the local labor movement at the Magdeburg city administration of the SED, working group memories and biographies, no year, around 1976, page 43 f.

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Grünchotzen registry office, birth register no. 7/1891
  2. ^ Short biographies of Magdeburg resistance fighters, page 44
  3. ^ Magdeburg address book 1939
personal data
SURNAME Rekowski, Franz
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German resistance fighters against National Socialism
DATE OF BIRTH January 26, 1891
PLACE OF BIRTH Dziengel , Schlochau district
DATE OF DEATH March 30, 1945
Place of death Coswig (Anhalt)