Herbert Splanemann

from Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Herbert Splanemann (born July 8, 1912 in Berlin , † January 29, 1945 in Brandenburg prison ) was a German communist and resistance fighter against National Socialism .

Life

Memorial plaque on the residential building Marie-Curie-Allee 112

Splanemann was a toolmaker by profession . He was a member of the metal workers' association and the KPD . In 1932 he worked temporarily as a toolmaker in companies in the Soviet Union and after his return he worked in the Alfred Teves machine and fittings factory in Berlin-Wittenau . During the Second World War , he and other KPD members built up an operational resistance group there, which had contacts with the Uhrig and Saefkow groups . Splanemann was arrested on August 21, 1944 with 13 other workers in the company. On December 14, 1944, the People's Court sentenced him to death for “preparing for high treason ” and “ favoring the enemy in war” . On January 29, 1945 Splanemann was executed in the Brandenburg-Görden prison .

In 1946, numerous urns with the remains of murdered resistance fighters from the Berlin districts of Lichtenberg , Kreuzberg and Prenzlauer Berg were buried in the Friedrichsfelde central cemetery. The names of the dead are noted on a plaque on the curtain wall of the Socialist Memorial . In addition to Herbert Splanemann, many other resistance fighters found their final resting place and a memorial here.

Honors

  • Memorial plaque on the residential building in Berlin-Friedrichsfelde , Marie-Curie-Allee 112.
    The first plaque was probably attached at the beginning of the 1950s. It was removed by unknown perpetrators in 1991. In 1994 the Active Museum of Fascism and Resistance had a replacement plaque installed. On the 63rd anniversary of Splanemann's death in 2008, a plaque identical to the original was unveiled, financed by the HOWOGE housing association .
  • A street in Berlin-Friedrichsfelde has been named after him since May 31, 1951 . The listed settlement there also bears his name.

literature

  • Hans Maur: Reminder, memorial and memorial sites of the labor movement in Berlin-Lichtenberg . Berlin 1982, p. 35.

Web links

Commons : Herbert Splanemann  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Memorial folder of the Lichtenberg resistance fighters 1939–1945
  2. ^ Joachim Hoffmann : Berlin-Friedrichsfelde. A German national cemetery. Das Neue Berlin, Berlin 2001, ISBN 3-360-00959-2 , p. 168.
  3. ↑ Memorial plaque Marie-Curie-Allee 112
  4. ↑ Reattachment of the memorial plaque in 2008
personal data
SURNAME Splanemann, Herbert
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German resistance fighter and communist
DATE OF BIRTH July 8, 1912
PLACE OF BIRTH Berlin
DATE OF DEATH January 29, 1945
Place of death Brandenburg prison , Brandenburg an der Havel