Hermione Zaynard

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Hermine Zaynard b. Schwarzer (born on May 25 or 26, 1913 in Vienna ; executed on November 19, 1943 there ) was an Austrian technical draftswoman and resistance fighter against National Socialism . She was sentenced to death by the Nazi judiciary and beheaded.

Life

Zaynard was a preferred student and attended a school for kindergarten teachers . She joined the Red Falcons , became a functionary in Vienna-Margareten and took part in the International Red Falcon Meeting in Ostend in 1933 . In 1934 she became a member of the Communist Youth Association of Austria (KJVÖ) and quickly became KJVÖ director in Margareten. Between 1934 and 1938 she was arrested three times by the Austro-Fascist regime and was imprisoned for a total of two and a half years. In March 1938 she was released from the women's prison in Wiener Neudorf and, already a member of the KPÖ , was entrusted with the party's contacts in the other federal states. Daytime she worked as a technical illustrator and attended the evening Maturaschule . In 1940 she married Leopold Zaynard , who was also active in the resistance.

On April 29, 1942, Hermine Zaynard was arrested and subsequently charged with Friedrich Hedrich for “preparing for high treason ”. The main accusation against Zaynard was that she had arranged accommodation for Julius Kornweitz , a foreign Communist Party functionary , and established a connection between him and her husband Leopold Zahnrad . On September 30, 1943, she and Hederich were sentenced to death by the People's Court . The execution by the guillotine took place on November 19, 1943 in the Vienna Regional Court .

Gravestone in the Vienna Central Cemetery, group 40

Her mother, Hermine Schwarzer, was also arrested. Her husband, Leopold Zaynard , was sentenced to death by the Reich Court Martial in Berlin on December 16, 1942 , and executed in Berlin on March 5, 1943.

Commemoration

Zaynard's name can be found on the plaque in the former execution room of the Vienna Regional Court . She is buried in the shaft graves of group 40 (row 25 / grave 190) of the Vienna Central Cemetery .

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  • Documentation archive of the Austrian resistance : no longer anonymous , with three photos from the identification file of the Gestapo Vienna, accessed on May 19, 2015
  • Willi Weinert : “You can put me out, but not the fire”: a guide through the grove of honor of Group 40 at the Vienna Central Cemetery for the executed resistance fighters . Wiener Stern-Verlag 2011 (3rd verb. And extended edition), 273

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  1. ↑ The sources diverge regarding the date of birth: Postwar Justice gives the 25th, AKG and DÖW the 26th May 1913.
  2. ^ Alfred-Klahr-Gesellschaft : Hermine ZAYNARD-SCHWARZER May 26 , 1913 - November 19, 1943 , accessed on May 19, 2015
  3. ↑ Documentation archive of the Austrian resistance : No longer anonymous ( Memento of the original from March 5, 2016 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. , Entry Hermine Zayard (with three photos from the Gestapo Vienna ID card index), accessed on May 19, 2015  @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / doewweb01.doew.at
  4. ^ Post-war justice , accessed May 19, 2015
personal data
SURNAME Zaynard, Hermione
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Black, Hermione
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Austrian technical draftsman and resistance fighter against National Socialism
DATE OF BIRTH May 25, 1913 or May 26, 1913
PLACE OF BIRTH Vienna
DATE OF DEATH November 19, 1943
Place of death Vienna