Karl Mann (resistance fighter)
Karl Mann ( February 15, 1924 in Vienna - March 13, 1944 there ) was an Austrian upholsterer and resistance fighter against the Nazi regime . He was sentenced to death by the Nazi judiciary and beheaded in the Vienna Regional Court at the age of 20 .
Life
Mann worked on the establishment of the Communist Youth Association of Austria (KJVÖ) and participated in the resistance group The Soldiers' Council . This group prepared pacifist pamphlets and sent them to soldiers at the front by field post. Mann was arrested in October 1942 and stood before the People's Court on October 12, 1943 for “preparation for high treason ” by the People's Court - together with Anna Gräf , Leopoldine Sicka and Franz Sikuta . The Nazi ordinance for protection against juvenile felons made it possible to treat and punish young people like adults. The reasons for the judgment stated: “The defendants Count and Mann were not yet 18 years old at the time of the crime . After examining the personality of these defendants was noted by the Senate at the trial that these defendants are smart and developed, both physically and mentally far above their real age out and are evidently been at the material time already. "Husband and three co-defendants were to death sentenced. The reasoning for the verdict read: “Anyone who tries to destroy the unity of the front and the homeland in the war, while the soldier is fighting and bleeding at the front and the homeland gives up the last bit of sacrifice and strength to support this struggle of the soldiers. "
Karl Mann was executed with the guillotine on March 13, 1944 in the Vienna Regional Court .
Commemoration
His name can be found on the plaque in the former execution room of the Vienna Regional Court .
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- Bailer , Maderthaner , Scholz (ed.): "The enforcement went without any special features". Executions in Vienna, 1938 - 1945. Vienna, undated, pages 62f
- Identification card index of the Gestapo Vienna , prepared by the DÖW , with photos, accessed on February 10, 2015
- Wolfgang Neugebauer : Resistance and Persecution in Vienna, 1934-1945: a documentation, Volume 1 . Österreichischer Bundesverlag 1984, 268
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| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Man, Karl |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Austrian upholsterer and resistance fighter against National Socialism |
| DATE OF BIRTH | February 15, 1924 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Vienna |
| DATE OF DEATH | March 13, 1944 |
| Place of death | Vienna |