Karl Friedemann (resistance fighter)
Karl Friedemann (born June 13, 1906 in Dresden ; † July 14, 2000 there ) was a German resistance fighter and worker functionary.
Life
After attending primary school, he completed an apprenticeship as a retail salesman. As an unemployed KPD member, Friedemann helped to build up the communist children and youth movement in Dresden in the late 1920s.
In 1933 he was arrested and initially imprisoned in Dresden Prison II ("Mathilde"). From there he came to the Hohnstein concentration camp , from which he was released in 1934. After serving his sentence, he continued his illegal work against the war, which led to his arrest again in June 1941. Friedemann was sentenced to 3 years and 3 months in prison in the Dieburg prison camp.
After the end of the war he was one of the first activists . From 1946 to 1950 he was a city councilor in Dresden, then chairman of the council of the Meissen district .
On June 13, 1986 he was made an honorary citizen of the city of Dresden. In 1981 he received the Karl Marx Order .
Karl Friedemann found his final resting place on the Heidefriedhof in Dresden.
Web links
- SLUB / Deutsche Fotothek, Photo: Höhne, Erich & Pohl, Erich, Aufn.-Nr .: df_hp_0002448_032 Picture by Karl Friedemann (1956) - Award on the occasion of a festive event 10 years of Free German Youth (FDJ).
Individual evidence
- ↑ Berliner Zeitung , 2./3. May 1981, p. 4
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Friedemann, Karl |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German resistance fighter and worker functionary |
| DATE OF BIRTH | June 13, 1906 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Dresden |
| DATE OF DEATH | July 14, 2000 |
| Place of death | Dresden |