Immanuel Roeder

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Immanuel Röder (* 7. January 1916 in Heilbronn , † 17th October 1940 in Brandenburg - Gorden ) was known so far, the only member of the Evangelical Lutheran Church in Württemberg , which in the Nazi period, the refused military service .

Childhood and youth

Immanuel Röder's parents were the evangelist , d. H. Lay preachers in the tent mission, Karl Röder and his wife Mathilde Röder, née Springer. Immanuel Röder was the second of four siblings. He was baptized on February 17th, 1916 in Heilbronn in the south church and confirmed in Korntal. In 1925 the Röder family moved to Korntal . The parents became members of the Evangelical Brethren Congregation Korntal . The Röder family lived in Neuhalde 46.

Immanuel Röder started school in Heilbronn. From the second grade on, he attended elementary school in Korntal. He then attended the higher boys' school, which he completed with secondary school leaving certificate. He had average school grades overall, but he was very good at drawing and playing the piano .

As a youth he was critical of National Socialism . In 1931 he described the behavior of some of his classmates during a school trip: "Still others are politically active by expressing their feelings and singing the Hitler song for the hundredth time." Immanuel Röder apparently always had a maternal uncle who was a member of the NSDAP again conflicts.

Photography school and Reich Labor Service

From September 1, 1936, Immanuel Röder attended a photography school in Munich. On August 25, 1937, he was drafted into the Reich Labor Service and from there returned to Korntal at the end of March 1938. After the pogrom of November 9-10, 1938, the 22-year-old wrote to his mother on an open postcard: "This empire will perish."

Conscientious objection and escape

There are contradicting information from his family and friends about the years 1938 to 1940. The files are also not clear despite intensive research. Immanuel Röder was likely to be drafted into military service in the weeks when the Second World War began. In order to avoid working with the weapon, he reported for duty as a medic . However, his application was denied. In September 1939 he was assigned to the 2nd Heavy Artillery Battery , Substitute Division 43. From November 26th, 1939 3rd Battery Regiment 43 Landshut. From January 15th, 1940 back to the 2nd Artillery Battery, Regiment 43, both as a gunner. At the beginning of the document one reads: “Entry into service not recorded.” He evaded recruitment from Munich by fleeing to the Czech Republic. The invasion of German troops, which began on March 15, 1939, with the aim of smashing the rest of the Czech Republic , ruined his plans. He was picked up and taken into custody.

Prison and Execution

Immanuel Röder was arrested in Bavaria and sentenced by a military court to twelve years in prison. The commander in charge found this judgment too lenient; he appealed. Immanuel Röder was then brought to Berlin and there - presumably in the late summer of 1940 - sentenced to death by the court of the Wehrmacht commandant's office for “ desertion according to the special war criminal law ordinance ” . The sentence was carried out on October 17, 1940 in the Brandenburg-Görden prison on the scaffold .

Commemoration

Stumbling blocks for Immanuel Röder

A stumbling block for Immanuel Röder was laid in Korntal in front of the old Latin school, today's music school.

literature

  • Johannes Maier: Immanuel Röder 1916-1940. A conscientious objector in Korntal. Self-published, Waldkirch 2016, 73 pages [named "Maier" in the individual references]

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Maier, page 17
  2. ↑ Maier, pp. 19-20
  3. ↑ Maier, pp. 34–35
  4. ↑ Maier, page 29
  5. ↑ Person data sheet for Immanuel Röder at the Wehrmacht information center in Berlin
  6. ^ Information from the Red Ox Memorial in Halle / Saale from March 8, 2013
  7. ↑ Maier, page 18
personal data
SURNAME Röder, Immanuel
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German evangelical conscientious objector under National Socialism
DATE OF BIRTH January 7, 1916
PLACE OF BIRTH Heilbronn
DATE OF DEATH October 17, 1940
Place of death Brandenburg-Görden