Jonny Stüve

Jonny Stüve (born February 6, 1902 , † July 25, 1944 in the Fuhlsbüttel police prison in Hamburg ) was a German communist resistance fighter against National Socialism and victims of National Socialism .

Life

Stüve came from simple social conditions. After attending primary school, he learned the trade of a locksmith , according to other information from the carpenter, and found a job in the Hamburg shipyard Blohm & Voss and became a member of the German Metalworkers' Association . At his place of work, he also held the position of foreman . He joined the Communist Party of Germany (KPD) and was active against the emerging National Socialism . After the transfer of power to the NSDAP , he continued this activity illegally . After the beginning of the Second World War he found a connection to the resistance group " Bästlein-Jacob-Abshagen ", which u. a. showed solidarity with the foreign forced laborers . He belonged to the close leadership of the resistance group. Together with Hans Hornberger and Walter Reber , he took over the direction of a so-called " group of three ". When the Gestapo became aware of these activities, he was arrested on June 18, 1944 and subjected to cruel torture in the Fuhlsbüttel police prison , to which he succumbed on July 25, 1944.

Stumbling block for Jonny Stüve

In front of his last residential address, Alter Teichweg 180 , the action artist Gunter Demnig laid a stumbling block in his memory.

Ursel Hochmuth , Gertrud Meyer : Streiflichter from the Hamburg resistance 1933-1945. Reports and documents , Frankfurt / Main, Röderberg-Verlag, 1980

personal data
SURNAME	Stüve, Jonny
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	German communist resistance fighter against National Socialism
DATE OF BIRTH	February 6, 1902
DATE OF DEATH	July 25, 1944
Place of death	Hamburg