Heinrich Kerpel
Heinrich Kerpel (born May 23, 1903 in Treuen ; † April 1945 in Bützow / Dreibergen prison ) was a German shipyard worker , resistance fighter against National Socialism and victims of National Socialism .
Life
Kerpel came from a Saxon working class family . After attending elementary school, he learned to be an electrician . He came to Hamburg looking for work and was hired as a seaman . He later took up a job as a shipyard worker at Blohm & Voss . After the seizure of power of the Nazis in 1933, he worked illegally against the Nazi regime. At the beginning of World War II , he was a member of the resistance group " Bästlein-Jacob Abshagen ," referring to foreign forced laborers began and political awareness about the war of extermination of the army operation. After the resistance network had been broken up by treason , he was arrested by the Gestapo and a court sentenced him to a prison sentence, which he served in the Bützow / Dreibergen prison. He died here in April 1945.
Individual evidence
- ↑ a b NDZGmbH: Yearbook of research on the history of the labor movement. NDZGmbH, 2004 limited preview in the Google book search
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Kerpel, Heinrich |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German resistance fighters against National Socialism |
| DATE OF BIRTH | May 23, 1903 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Faithful |
| DATE OF DEATH | April 1945 |
| Place of death | Bützow |