Helene Heyckendorf
Helene Heyckendorf (born November 15, 1893 in Hamburg , † April 21, 1945 in Neuengamme concentration camp ) was a German communist resistance fighter and victim of National Socialism .
Life
Helene came from a Hamburg working class family . After attending primary school, she learned the trade of a seamstress . She joined the Communist Party of Germany (KPD). Her husband Max Heyckendorf was a civil servant at the Hamburg State Insurance Company . Both belonged to the " Bästlein-Jacob-Abshagen " resistance group , whose members provided help for foreign forced laborers after the war began , organized educational work on the actual course of the war and carried out acts of sabotage . When the Gestapo exposed the group, Max Heyckendorf escaped arrest by fleeing. Instead, his wife Helene Heyckendorf was taken into " kin detention" and hanged without a court judgment together with twelve other women and 58 men in a so-called crime of the final phase in the Neuengamme concentration camp .
Honors
- In 1946 the VVN put a memorial plaque for Helene Heyckendorf on her home. The board was removed again by the authorities.
- In 1987 a street in Hamburg was named " Helene-Heyckendorf-Kehre ".
- The action artist Gunter Demnig laid a stumbling block in her memory at her last address in Hamburg-Eimsbüttel , Vereinsstrasse 59 .
literature
- Rita Bake : Who is behind this? Streets, squares and bridges in Hamburg named after women. State Center for Political Education, Hamburg 2005, ISBN 3-929728-29-X ; as pdf: Biogram Helene Heyckendorf (PDF; 959 kB).
Web links
Individual evidence
- ↑ a b Statement by grandson Peter Heyckendorf ( memento of the original dated November 16, 2007 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. , accessed August 25, 2011
- ↑ Helene-Heyckendorf-Kehre in Hamburg-Wiki ( 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.
- ^ Stumbling blocks in Hamburg , accessed on September 15
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Heyckendorf, Helene |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German communist and resistance fighter against National Socialism |
| DATE OF BIRTH | November 15, 1893 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Hamburg |
| DATE OF DEATH | April 21, 1945 |
| Place of death | Neuengamme concentration camp |