Gustav Wegener

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Gustav Wegener (born May 23, 1908 in Schwerin an der Warthe ; † December 11, 1944 in the Brandenburg-Görden prison ) was a resistance fighter against National Socialism .

Life

The typesetter Gustav Wegener lived at Lübbener Strasse 28 in Berlin-Kreuzberg and was a member of the KJVD , later the KPD and the International Workers Aid . In 1928 he went to the French Foreign Legion in Indochina , suffered a stomach and intestinal ailment there, deserted and returned to Germany in 1936. Gustav Wegener, married to Frieda Wegener, born Schulz, since 1939, had to change jobs frequently. Most recently he worked for the Anton Bertinetti book and offset printing company, where he was permanently on sick leave in October 1943.

From 1933 he worked for the illegal KPD. His colleague Erich Fähling brought him together with Anton Saefkow and Franz Jacob . Under the code name Hans, Gustav Wegener became one of the most important employees of the Saefkow-Jacob-Bästlein organization , took part in its management meetings and was the focal point in the production and distribution of illegal fonts. He also instructed the functionaries of several company cells and handed over KPD and NKFD materials, etc. a. at AEG Berlin, Askania-Werke in Berlin-Mariendorf , Bosse, Brandenburgische Motorenwerke Basdorf, Kabelwerk Schönow and Veltener Maschinenfabrik.

Harry Harder put him in contact with Stalag III B Fürstenberg / Oder in 1944 . Gustav Wegener translated a letter from French communists and wrote a reply. On the night of July 5, 1944, he and Fritz Nitschke copied the “Tatsachen!” Leaflet by the arrested Bernhard Bästlein , before the communist was arrested on July 6, 1944 through denunciation. Sentenced to death by the People's Court on October 21, 1944, Gustav Wegener was executed on December 11, 1944 in the Brandenburg-Görden prison. His body was transferred to the Friedrichsfelde Central Cemetery in August 1946 .

Honors

  • Wegener's name is on a memorial plaque that was unveiled on the day of the victims of fascism in 1947 and can be seen on the 1st floor of the former Kreuzberg town hall at 4 Yorckstraße.
  • A stumbling block was laid for Wegener at Weidenweg 46 in Berlin-Friedrichshain.

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Gustav Wegener. In: Stolpersteine ​​in Berlin. Association of those persecuted by the Nazi regime - Bund der Antifaschistinnen und Antifaschisten e. V .; Coordination Office Stolpersteine ​​Berlin, accessed on January 10, 2014 .
  2. ^ Hans-Rainer Sandvoss : Resistance in Friedrichshain and Lichtenberg. German Resistance Memorial Center , Berlin 1998, p. 180.
  3. ↑ You the laurel ... in our sheet No. 60 (September 2015) p. 2 (pdf 1.3 MB)
personal data
SURNAME Wegener, Gustav
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German communist resistance fighter
DATE OF BIRTH May 23, 1908
PLACE OF BIRTH Schwerin on the Warta
DATE OF DEATH December 11, 1944
Place of death Brandenburg-Görden prison , Brandenburg an der Havel