Karl Geiges
Karl Wilhelm Geiges jun. (Born January 30, 1909 in Rastatt ; † January 14, 1988 in Karlsruhe ) was a German resistance fighter against National Socialism . He was a communist and belonged to a few other workers' organizations of the KPD .
Life
Karl Geiges jun. was the son of a locksmith . After elementary school he became an optician and worked for the Leitz factories in Rastatt. Like his father, he was a member of the KPD. He first joined the Communist Youth in 1929 , where he was the main cashier , and in 1931 he joined the KPD. He also belonged to the Proletarian Freethinkers Association and the Red Sport . Shortly after the seizure of power , he was taken into protective custody twice , but later released.
After the KPD ban, Karl Geiges junior got involved. continued and smuggled KPD publications across the Franco-German border from Seltz across the Rhine in a folding boat . Occasionally he also smuggled people out of the country. On September 8, 1934, the illegal writings were discovered by French border officials and handed over to the German authorities. The KPD group in the Rastatt / Baden-Baden / Murgtal sub-district was finally broken up between February and May 1935. Geiges was arrested on February 15 and placed in the Pforzheim district prison. He was one of the group's twelve main suspects and was sentenced to five years in prison for his smuggling activities. Initially housed in the Ludwigsburg prison, after serving his sentence, he was taken into protective custody and went through the National Socialist camp system .
On January 2, 1941, he first came to Sachsenhausen concentration camp , where he was employed as a cook. Between April 29, 1943 and June 2, 1943 he was briefly taken to Dachau concentration camp , but then returned to Sachsenhausen. In October 1944 he was transferred to Mauthausen concentration camp , where he had to work in the quarry . In contrast to his father, who was also imprisoned several times and died in Dachau concentration camp, he survived National Socialism and was liberated by American troops on May 5, 1945.
After the war, he headed the Rastatt Antifa and was appointed acting mayor of Rastatt from November 23, 1945 to April 1, 1946. During this time he obliged former National Socialists to carry out cleanup work.
After his time as mayor, he was the city's first alderman from April 15, 1946 to November 14, 1948. He then worked as an employee and later as a civil servant at the Rastatt city administration. He was also an active member of the ÖTV and, among other things, chairman of the staff council. He retired on July 1, 1973. He died on January 14, 1988 in Karlsruhe. A street in Rastatt was named after him.
Private life
Karl Geiges was married and the father of two children.
literature
- Adalbert Metzinger : People in Resistance - Central Baden 1933–1943 (= special publication of the Rastatt district archive, volume 13 ). regional culture publishing house, Rastatt 2017, ISBN 978-3-89735-978-9 .
Individual evidence
- ^ Adalbert Metzinger : People in Resistance - Mittelbaden 1933–1943 (= special publication of the Rastatt district archive, volume 13 ). regional culture publishing house, Rastatt 2017, ISBN 978-3-89735-978-9 , p. 34-35 .
- ^ Adalbert Metzinger Adalbert Metzinger: People in Resistance - Central Baden 1933-1943 . Rastatt 2017, p. 34 .
- ↑ a b c d e Adalbert Metzinger Adalbert Metzinger: People in Resistance - Central Baden 1933–1943 . Rastatt 2017, p. 36-37 .
- ↑ Edgar Wolfrum, Peter Fässler, Reinhard Grohnert: Years of Crisis and Time of New beginnings: Everyday life and politics in French-occupied Baden 1945–1949 . Oldenbourg Verlag, 1996, ISBN 978-3-486-56196-8 , pp. 57 ( google.de [accessed on January 21, 2018]).
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Violin, Karl |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Violin, Karl Wilhelm junior (full name) |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German resistance fighters against National Socialism |
| DATE OF BIRTH | January 30, 1909 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Rastatt |
| DATE OF DEATH | January 14, 1988 |
| Place of death | Karlsruhe |