Gustav Schönherr

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Gustav Schönherr (born August 31, 1889 in Hamburg , † April 18, 1933 in Hamburg) was a German communist resistance fighter against National Socialism .

Life

After attending elementary school, Schönherr learned a trade with which he could work as a shipyard worker in shipbuilding . He joined the Red Front Fighter League (RFB). When the Communist Party of Germany (KPD) organized rallies and demonstrations against the emerging National Socialism , he was actively involved.

After the transfer of power to the NSDAP in 1933, he and other communists were arrested by the Gestapo and subjected to interrogation , torture and mistreatment in the Hamburg town hall , the house of the "Command for Special Use" . During such interrogation, he was thrown out of the window on the upper floor. The version then circulated by the Nazi authorities that he threw himself to death with suicidal intent can only be viewed as an attempted deception of the public.

Honor

Stumbling blocks for Gustav Schönherr, Carl Burmester and Wilhelm Prull
  • On February 25, 2009, a stumbling block for Gustav Schönherr was laid in front of the main entrance of the Authority for Urban Development and Environment (BSU) at Stadthausbrücke 8 , the former Gestapo headquarters in Hamburg, by the Cologne action artist Gunter Demnig . Another stone there commemorates Carl Burmester , who died there in 1934 as a result of similar violence.

literature

  • Brown book about the Reichstag fire and Hitler terror. Paris 1933 p. 342.

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ http://www.linksfraktion-hamburg.de/nc/politik/fachgebiete/stadtentwicklung/detail/browse/15/zurueck/stadtentwicklung/artikel/verlege-von-stolpersteinen-vor-der-stadtentwicklungsbehoerde-1/service/  ( 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. Retrieved August 15, 2011@1@ 2Template: Toter Link / www.linksfraktion-hamburg.de  
  2. ↑ www.stolpersteine-hamburg.de accessed on August 15, 2011.
  3. ↑ gutenmorgenhamburg.de, ( Memento of the original from January 2, 2016 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was automatically inserted and not yet checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. Retrieved August 15, 2011. @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.gutenmorgenhamburg.de
personal data
SURNAME Schönherr, Gustav
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German communist resistance fighter against National Socialism
DATE OF BIRTH August 31, 1889
PLACE OF BIRTH Hamburg
DATE OF DEATH April 18, 1933
Place of death Hamburg