Gerhard Meyer (resistance fighter)

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Gerhard Meyer , also Gerd Meyer (born January 12, 1919 in Berlin ; † August 18, 1942 in Berlin-Plötzensee ) was a German resistance fighter and member of the Baum group . He was executed as a victim of the Nazi war justice system.

Life and activity

Gerhard Meyer's father owned an interim master shop for men's bespoke clothing. His mother was a housewife. In 1935, Gerhard completed his schooling and began his apprenticeship as a locksmith at Kaimann in Greifswalder Strasse, at the corner of Ostseestrasse (later VEB Luftfilterbau). In the summer of 1940 he was forced to work in the so-called Jewish department in the Elmo factory of Siemens-Schuckert AG in Berlin-Spandau .

With Herbert Baum , known from the Jewish youth movement since 1935 and linked through joint illegal activities, Gerhard Meyer was one of the most politically conscious forces in the "Jewish Department". Here he was instrumental in attracting new, young fighters. In early 1941 he married Hanni Lindenberger . The young couple Hanni and Gerhard Meyer had lived together under the most difficult of conditions for barely a year and a half when they were torn apart forever.

Herbert Meyer was his older brother.

Memorial stones

The Berlin memorial stone in the Lustgarten

Today, two memorial stones in Berlin dedicated to the Baum group also remember Gerd Meyer by name.

  1. Memorial plaque in Berlin at the Weißensee Jewish Cemetery (entrance: Markus-Reich-Platz). The age given is not identical to other sources.
  2. This memorial stone , designed by the sculptor Jürgen Raue, was erected in 1981 on behalf of the magistrate of East Berlin without any further information about the resistance action in the Lustgarten.

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ The Berlin group Baum and the Jewish Resistance ( Memento of the original from March 5, 2016 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. Page 9 @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.gdw-berlin.de
  2. ↑ Page 145 at Margot Pikarski: Youth in Berlin's resistance. Herbert Baum and comrade in arms. Military Publishing House of the German Democratic Republic, Berlin 1978,
  3. ^ Resistance group around Herbert Baum, "Memorial plaque in Berlin at the Jewish cemetery in Weißensee (entrance: Markus-Reich-Platz)"
  4. ^ Resistance group around Herbert Baum. "This memorial stone designed by the sculptor Jürgen Raue was erected in 1981 on behalf of the magistrate of Berlin (East) without any further information about the resistance action in the Lustgarten"
personal data
SURNAME Meyer, Gerhard
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Meyer, Gerd
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German workers and resistance fighters against National Socialism
DATE OF BIRTH January 12, 1919
PLACE OF BIRTH Berlin
DATE OF DEATH August 18, 1942
Place of death Berlin-Plötzensee