Käthe Latzke
Käthe Latzke (born May 8, 1899 in Königsberg (Prussia) , † March 31, 1945 in Ravensbrück ) was a German communist resistance fighter against National Socialism and a victim of fascism .
Life
Latzke came from a working-class family in Königsberg . After attending primary school, she learned the trade of stenographer . Inspired by her acquaintance with the Hamburg communist member of parliament Hans Westermann , she joined the Communist Youth Association of Germany (KJVD) in 1918 . She went to Hamburg around 1920 and has lived with Westermann ever since. In 1924 she joined the Communist Party of Germany (KPD). At the same time she became a union member in the Central Association of Employees (ZdA). The court sentenced her to one month in prison for an unauthorized demonstration . When she was released, she found a job in the office of the “ Red Aid ”, for which she worked from 1926 to 1930. Because of the Moscow-oriented course of the KPD, like her companion Hans Westermann, she was expelled from the party on charges of “ conciliatory ”. Westermann had gathered a group of people who saw the strict line of demarcation from the Social Democratic Party of Germany (SPD) as harmful and advocated cooperative action.
After the transfer of power to the NSDAP , Westermann was imprisoned for a year and a half. When he was released again, he tried to get the excluded comrades back into the KPD by illegally contacting KPD officials, which he did. In this way he wanted to create a broader base for anti-fascist resistance. On March 5, 1935, the Gestapo arrested the members of the Westermann group , and Westermann died a few days later from the torture he had suffered in the Fuhlsbüttel remand prison . Käthe Latzke was also badly mistreated in prison. The Hamburg Higher Regional Court sentenced her to several years in prison on June 26, 1935. When she was released in 1940, she was banned from living in Hamburg and therefore moved to Stralsund . Because she maintained contact with a comrade, the Hamburg Gestapo arranged for her to be deported to the Ravensbrück concentration camp . Here she died from torture and typhus .
Honors
- In 1996 a street in Hamburg-Neuallermöhe-Ost was named “ Käte-Latzke-Weg ” in memory of her .
literature
- KPD Hamburg (ed.): When Hamburg "awoke". 1933 - Everyday Life under National Socialism , Hamburg 1983
- Latzke, Kathe . In: Hermann Weber , Andreas Herbst : German Communists. Biographical Handbook 1918 to 1945 . 2nd, revised and greatly expanded edition. Karl Dietz, Berlin 2008, ISBN 978-3-320-02130-6 .
Web links
- Biogram of Käthe Latzke (PDF; 959 kB) in: Rita Bake : Who is behind it? Streets, squares and bridges in Hamburg named after women. State Center for Political Education Hamburg, 4th updated and expanded edition, ISBN 3-929728-29-X . Retrieved August 26, 2011.
Individual evidence
- ↑ Rita Bake: Various Worlds II 109 historical and current stations (PDF; 5.3 MB). State Center for Political Education Hamburg. Retrieved August 26, 2011
- ↑ Rita Bake: Who is behind this? Streets, squares and bridges named after women in Hamburg ( Memento from March 4, 2016 in the Internet Archive ) (PDF; 959 kB) State Center for Civic Education Hamburg, 4th updated and expanded edition. Retrieved August 26, 2011
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Latzke, Kathe |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Latzke, Kate |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German communist resistance fighter |
| DATE OF BIRTH | May 8, 1899 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Koenigsberg |
| DATE OF DEATH | March 31, 1945 |
| Place of death | Ravensbrück |