Friedrich Mastny

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Friedrich Mastny (born on March 11, 1921 ; died on November 2, 1943 in Vienna ) was an Austrian trade employee and resistance fighter against the Nazi regime . He was sentenced to death by the Nazi judiciary and executed in the Vienna Regional Court .

life and work

Mastny was active with the Kinderfreunde from an early age , then with the Red Falcons . There he met Ernst Burger , who brought him to the Communist Youth Association (KJVÖ) after the defeat of the Social Democrats in February 1934 . From 1938 he was a member of the Vienna management of the KJVÖ and was also involved in the publication and distribution of illegal newspapers such as Die Rote Jugend . Mastny was also a member of a resistance group that planned and carried out arson and sabotage attacks. In 1941 he joined - together with Elfriede Hartmann , Felix Imre , Franz Reingruber u. a. - the KJVÖ group, the soldiers' council , which produced illegal newspapers, leaflets and communist leaflets on a self-made puller. The group received field post addresses of soldiers from enlisted comrades (such as Private Mastny), to whom they sent the agitation material.

Mastny was allegedly arrested in May 1942. On September 22, 1943 he was sentenced to death by the People's Court in Krems an der Donau and executed by guillotine on November 2, 1943 in the Vienna Regional Court .

Commemoration

In November 1956 , a memorial plaque for Friedrich Mastny was unveiled at his former home in Vienna-Penzing , Gurkgasse 51. His name can be found on the plaque in the former execution room of the Vienna Regional Court . He is buried in the shaft graves of group 40 (row 25 / grave 190) of the Vienna Central Cemetery .

In 1989 the Mastnygasse in Hadersdorf was named after him.

literature

  • Willi Weinert: "You can put me out, but not the fire": Wiener Zentralfriedhof - Group 40. A guide through the grove of honor for the executed resistance fighters . 2nd Edition. Alfred Klahr Society, Vienna 2005, ISBN 978-3-9501986-0-7 , p. 80; P. 153 .

Web links

proof

  1. ^ Post-war justice , accessed April 6, 2015
  2. ↑ Friedrich Mastny. In: dasrotewien.at - Web dictionary of the Viennese social democracy. SPÖ Vienna (ed.); Retrieved April 6, 2015

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personal data
SURNAME Mastny, Friedrich
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Mastny, Fritz
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Austrian trade employee and resistance fighter against National Socialism
DATE OF BIRTH March 11, 1921
DATE OF DEATH November 2, 1943
Place of death Vienna