Johann Pierschke
Johann Pierschke (born December 24, 1899 in Alt Schalkowitz , Oppeln district , † August 14, 1944 in Brandenburg-Görden ) was a communist resistance fighter against the Nazi regime .
Life
Johann Pierschke came from a working class family. After attending elementary school, he learned the trade of machinist and became a locomotive driver . Since 1925 he was a member of the Communist Party of Germany (KPD) and the Red Front Fighters League , and he was also involved in the “ Kampfbund gegen Fascism ”. From 1930 to 1934 he was unemployed . Since 1933 he participated in the illegal work of his party in the sub-district of Nordring. He distributed the newspaper "Der Rote Hammer". He was arrested in late December 1935 and sentenced to 18 months in prison on July 11, 1936 . After serving this sentence, he was deported by the Gestapo to the Sachsenhausen concentration camp on August 4, 1937 , from which he was released on April 20, 1939. Undeterred, continued his work against the Nazi regime. In the apparatus construction company Erich Poscharsky in Stallschreiberstrasse 8 a he set up an illegal operating cell. Pierschke also had connections with Robert Uhrig , the head of the communist resistance in Berlin in 1940.
On March 26, 1942, he was arrested again and first came to Sachsenhausen, but was then tried on June 21, 1944 by the People's Court against Uhrig u. a. Sentenced to death for “preparation for high treason and favoring the enemy”. Pierschke was executed on August 14, 1944 in Brandenburg-Görden.
On February 2, 1940, he married Marga Stiebert, with whom he had two children.
literature
- Luise Kraushaar : Berlin Communists in the Fight against Fascism 1936–1942 , Berlin 1981.
- Resistance in Berlin against the Nazi regime from 1933 to 1945. A biographical lexicon . Vol. 6, Berlin 2003.
- Hans-Rainer Sandvoss : The “other” capital of the Reich. Resistance from the labor movement in Berlin from 1933 to 1945 , Berlin 2007.
- The Sachsenhausen concentration camp 1936–1945. Events and developments , ed. by Günther Morsch and Astrid Ley, Berlin 2008.
Individual evidence
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Pierschke, Johann |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German communist and resistance fighter against National Socialism |
| DATE OF BIRTH | December 24, 1899 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Opole district |
| DATE OF DEATH | August 14, 1944 |
| Place of death | Brandenburg-Görden |