Carl Ernst Rahtgens
Carl Ernst Rahtgens , also Karl Ernst Rahtgens (born August 27, 1908 in Lübeck , † August 30, 1944 in Berlin-Plötzensee ) was a German lieutenant colonel and resistance fighter .
Life
Carl Ernst Rahtgens was the son of Otto Alwin Rahtgens, the then managing director of the Graphic Art Institute HG Rahtgens in Lübeck, where he spent his childhood and began his high school education at the Katharineum . He was married to Johanna Helene Rahtgens, b. by Cramon . His uncle was Field Marshal General Günther von Kluge .
He was involved in the overthrow of July 20, 1944 , was arrested in Belgrade , sentenced to death by the People's Court on August 30, and executed on the same day in Plötzensee .
literature
- Andreas Kurschat: Carl Ernst Rahtgens (1908–1944). Military resistance based on Christian beliefs. In: Zeitschrift des Verein für Lübeckische Geschichte und Altertumskunde 87 (2007), pp. 181–202
- Andreas Kurschat: Rahtgens, Carl Ernst. In: Biographical Lexicon for Schleswig-Holstein and Lübeck . Edited by the Schleswig-Holstein State Library with the assistance of the Association for Lübeck History and Archeology. Volume 13. Neumünster 2011, pp. 399–403.
Web links
Individual evidence
- ↑ a b Short biography of the German Resistance Memorial Center . Retrieved August 3, 2012.
- ^ Andreas Kurschat: Rahtgens, Carl Ernst. In: Biographical Lexicon for Schleswig-Holstein and Lübeck. Edited by the Schleswig-Holstein State Library with the assistance of the Association for Lübeck History and Archeology. Volume 13. Neumünster 2011, pp. 399–403.
- ^ Johanna H. Rahtgens: Farewell and New Beginning. Books on Demand, Norderstedt, 2007. ISBN 978-3-8334-8918-1
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Rahtgens, Carl Ernst |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Rahtgens, Karl Ernst |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German officer and resistance fighter |
| DATE OF BIRTH | August 27, 1908 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Lübeck |
| DATE OF DEATH | August 30, 1944 |
| Place of death | Berlin-Plötzensee |