Herbert Meyer (resistance fighter)

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Herbert Meyer (born May 14, 1910 , † 1942 in Berlin-Moabit ) was a German worker, resistance fighter and member of the Baum group . He was murdered in custody in prison in Berlin-Moabit in 1942 .

Life and activity

“He was the older brother of Gerhard Meyer . From 1916 to 1926 he attended elementary school and secondary school. He trained as a tailor and was then a buyer in his father's shop. In April 1940 he was committed to forced labor at the Warnicke & Böhm paint factory in Weißensee as a transport worker and then as a locksmith at Markus-Metallbau in Kolonnenstrasse, Berlin-Schöneberg.

Herbert Meyer was not politically organized, but through his brother Gerhard and his wife Rita he became familiar with the illegal communist youth work. In December 1935, when he had the opportunity to get to know Herbert Baum , he joined the organized anti-fascist resistance movement and, until his arrest, participated in various ways in the fight against Hitler's fascism and against the war. Herbert Meyer distinguished himself through tireless illegal detailed work. ”( Margot Pikarski : Youth in the Berlin Resistance. Herbert Baum and comrades in arms .)

Memorial stones

The Berlin memorial stone in the Lustgarten

Today two memorial stones in Berlin dedicated to the Baum group also remember Herbert Meyer by name.

  1. Memorial plaque in Berlin at the Weissensee Jewish Cemetery (entrance: Markus-Reich-Platz)
  2. This memorial stone, designed by the sculptor Jürgen Raue, was erected in 1981 on behalf of the magistrate of East Berlin without any further information about the resistance action in the Lustgarten

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Page 146 at Margot Pikarski: Youth in Berlin's resistance. Herbert Baum and comrade in arms. Military Publishing House of the German Democratic Republic, Berlin 1978,
  2. ^ Resistance group around Herbert Baum, "Memorial plaque in Berlin at the Jewish cemetery in Weißensee (entrance: Markus-Reich-Platz)"
  3. ^ Resistance group around Herbert Baum. "This memorial stone designed by the sculptor Jürgen Raue was erected in 1981 on behalf of the magistrate of Berlin (East) without any further information about the resistance action in the Lustgarten"
personal data
SURNAME Meyer, Herbert
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German workers, resistance fighters and member of the Baum group
DATE OF BIRTH May 14, 1910
DATE OF DEATH 1942
Place of death Berlin-Moabit