Heinrich Thieslauk

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Memorial plaque for Heinrich Thieslauk

Heinrich Thieslauk (born March 23, 1888 in Königsberg , † March 4, 1937 in Berlin ) was a resistance fighter against the National Socialist regime under Adolf Hitler .

Heinrich Thieslauk lived in Berlin-Friedrichshain at Warschauer Strasse No. 60. He was a member of the Social Democratic Party of Germany (SPD) and later of the Communist Party of Germany (KPD). On February 25, 1937, he was arrested by the Gestapo for his activities in the resistance against the Nazi regime and released on the same day. He was arrested again a few days later. Shortly afterwards, his wife was informed that he had died of suicide while in custody .

The Association of Victims of the Nazi Regime (VVN) had a bronze commemorative plaque installed at his former place of residence in 1950 during the GDR era. The board was renewed in 1978.

Individual evidence

  1. Hans Maur : Memorials of the labor movement in Berlin-Friedrichshain , ed. by the district management of the SED, district commission for researching the history of the local labor movement in cooperation with the district commission for researching the history of the local labor movement at the Berlin-Friedrichshain district management of the SED, 1981; P. 66
  2. Brief information on the memorial plaque; Retrieved March 2, 2010