Franz Sebek

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Memorial plaque for the resistance fighters against National Socialism Franz Sebek, Leopoldine Padaurek and Ferdinand Platzer in Vienna 2, Vorgartenstraße 148

Franz Šebek (born April 30, 1901 in Schluesselburg near Blatna ; † January 7, 1943 in Vienna ) was an Austrian politician ( KPÖ ) and resistance fighter against National Socialism .

Life

Sebek grew up in Vienna-Favoriten and joined the construction workers' union and SDAPÖ in his youth in 1915 . From the SDAPÖ he switched to the KPÖ in 1920, for which he ran in the National Council elections in 1930. At the time of Austrofascism , Šebek was involved in the illegal free construction workers' union and was an elected member of the Central Committee of the KPÖ. After the " Anschluss of Austria ", he worked as an unskilled worker at Siemens-Schuckert in a resistance group that campaigned for wage increases, sold illegal literature and was committed to the Austrian Red Aid .

At the end of January 1941, Šebek was arrested and indicted together with Erwin Puschmann , Margarete Schütte-Lihotzky and others before the People's Court , which met briefly in Vienna, and sentenced to death in September 1942 for “ high treason ”.

"The convicted Franz Šebek [...] is not worthy of a grace. Circumstances to be considered that would speak in favor of an alleviation of the death penalty have not become known. There are concerns about the release of the corpse. "

- From the express letter from the Gestapa Berlin to the senior Reich attorney at the People's Court of October 24, 1942

On January 7, 1943, Šebek was beheaded in the Vienna Regional Court.

In honor of Šebek, there are 2 memorial plaques in Laaer-Berg-Straße 166 in Vienna 10 and in Vorgartenstraße 148 in Vienna. Šebek is also listed on the memorial plaque for the twelve central committee members of the KPÖ who were murdered by the National Socialists, which is now in the house of KPÖ Vienna 10 (Wieland School). In Vienna- Floridsdorf (21st district), Franz-Sebek-Strasse was named after him in 2009, and there is also Franz Sebek Strasse in Steyr .

literature

  • Willi Weinert: "I want you to always stay close to you all ..." Biographies of communist resistance fighters in Austria. With comments on the resistance struggle of the Communist Party of Austria and a list of victims , ed. from the Alfred Klahr Society and the KPÖ Steiermark. Vienna: Verlag der Alfred Klahr Gesellschaft 2005, ISBN 978-3-9501204-2-4 .

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Photos from the identification file of the Gestapo Vienna - Franz Šebek  ( page no longer available , search in web archives )  Info: The link was automatically marked as defective. Please check the link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. on www.doew.at@1@ 2Template: Toter Link / www.doew.at  
personal data
SURNAME Sebek, Franz
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Šebek, Franz
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Austrian resistance fighter, KPÖ functionary and Nazi victim
DATE OF BIRTH April 30, 1901
PLACE OF BIRTH Key castle
DATE OF DEATH January 7, 1943
Place of death Vienna