Fritz Terres
Fritz Terres (born November 2, 1907 in Mülheim an der Ruhr ; † April 10, 1945 in Sachsenhausen concentration camp ) was a city councilor for the KPD in Mülheim an der Ruhr and an opponent of the Nazi regime .
Life
As a trained lathe operator, Terres became a member of the German Metalworkers' Association in 1923, where he soon took on official duties. In 1927 he joined the SPD , which he left in the late phase of the Weimar Republic and joined the KPD in 1931 .
After the seizure of power by the Nazis in 1933, there was the beginning of March to the first arrest and detention in concentration camps Börgermoor . On March 12, 1933, he was elected Mülheim City Councilor in absentia. Released again in 1934, he subsequently worked for the now banned KPD. Another arrest took place in the summer of 1944 as part of the "thunderstorm" campaign . The Nazi regime sent several thousand people who were associated with the resistance to concentration camps .
According to consistent testimony, Fritz Terres died on April 10, 1945 in the Klinkerwerk subcamp of the Sachsenhausen concentration camp from injuries sustained in a bomb attack on the camp.
Web links
Other sources
- City archive Mülheim an der Ruhr, inventory 1550 No. 3
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Terres, Fritz |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German politician (KPD), opponent of the Nazi regime |
| DATE OF BIRTH | November 2, 1907 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Mülheim an der Ruhr |
| DATE OF DEATH | April 10, 1945 |
| Place of death | Sachsenhausen concentration camp |