Hermann Cornelius

Hermann Cornelius (born August 2, 1898 in Wilhelmshaven , † February 25, 1945 in Celle ) was a German machinist , communist and resistance fighter against National Socialism .

biography

Cornelius trained as a metal worker and became a member of the German Metal Workers' Association (DMV) in 1918 and of the KPD and the Red Aid (RHD) in 1923 . As a worker athlete , Cornelius was the founder and head of the workers' chess club in Grohn , a village near Vegesack in the Blumenthal district .

He was arrested on January 30, 1933 and held in " protective custody " until the end of May 1933 in the judicial prison in Bremen-Lesum and beaten several times. Despite this massive intimidation, he continued his anti-fascist resistance after his “protective custody”. He was arrested again on October 26, 1936 and sentenced on March 16, 1938 for high treason to 2 years and 3 months in prison. After his release from the Oslebshausen prison in June 1941, he made contact with his comrades again and took part in the resistance network of shipyard workers Leo Drabent and Hans Neumann and the Bästlein-Jacob-Abshagen group . On March 29, 1943 he was arrested again by the Gestapo. On October 13, 1944, there was a “judgment” by the People's Court , with which Hermann Cornelius was sentenced to three years in prison for high treason . This time he was transferred to prison in Celle for imprisonment , where he died on February 25, 1945 as a result of the abuse by the Gestapo .

Appreciation

A stumbling block was laid in front of his last house on Friedrich-Humbert-Straße in Bremen-Grohn .

literature

• Ursula Puls : The Bästlein-Jacob-Abshagen Group. Berlin 1959
• Willy Hundertmark , Jakob Pfarr et al .: Anti-fascist resistance 1933 to 1945 in Bremen. Schmalfeldt-Verlag: Bremen 1974
• Inge Marßolek , René Ott, Peter Brandt: Bremen in the Third Reich - Adaptation, Resistance, Persecution . Schünemann, 1986, ISBN 3-7961-1765-1

Web links

• Verdi project Bremen