Karl Ritter (resistance fighter)
Karl Ritter ( October 30, 1877 - late summer 1933 in the Sonnenburg concentration camp ) was a German wheelwright and resistance fighter against National Socialism . He was one of the earliest victims of the Hitler regime.
Life
Ritter learned the job of wheelwright and worked in his parents' craft business, Hufschlag & Wagenbau . He took part in the revolutionary struggles in Russia in 1917, was a trade union official in the " German Woodworkers Association " and was involved in the SPD . After he made “ugly” comments about the National Socialists in a restaurant in March 1933, he was temporarily imprisoned. Ritter last lived in the former Holzhofstrasse 18 in the Frankfurt district of Dammvorstadt, today's Słubice .
On May 2, 1933, for organizing a protest march, he was arrested again and taken to the Sonnenburg concentration camp , now Słońsk . He passed away in late summer that year for which two explanations could be given - suicide or the aftermath of torture while in detention.
Commemoration
On September 11, 1948, the city council of Frankfurt (Oder) decided to name the Magazinplatz after the resistance fighter Karl Ritter. This open space was originally named after the large timber-framed military magazine built in 1741, to which the square was adjacent to the north. The Karl-Ritter-Platz is mainly characterized by the parish and parsonage of the Evangelical Parish of St. George, which was inaugurated on October 31, 1909.
On July 25, 1960, a memorial plaque for the resistance fighter was attached to the house at Karl-Ritter-Platz No. 1. It was attached at the suggestion of the VdN Social Commission at the City Council of Frankfurt (Oder). The memorial plaque was designed by the Frankfurt stone sculptor Grams.
On November 12, 2009, Gunter Demnig laid a stumbling block for knights at the corner of ul. Kopernika / Wawrzyniaka in Słubice , the former suburb of Frankfurt an der Oder .
proof
- ^ Jewish Frankfurt virtual: Stumbling blocks in Frankfurt (Oder) and Słubice , accessed on March 8, 2016
- ↑ Museum Viadrina: Karl-Ritter-Platz ( Memento of the original from March 8, 2016 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. , accessed March 8, 2016
- ↑ Brandenburg alliance against violence, right-wing extremism and xenophobia ( memento of the original from March 26, 2016 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. , Stolperstein Karl Ritter, accessed on March 25, 2016
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Ritter, Karl |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German wheelwright and resistance fighters against National Socialism |
| DATE OF BIRTH | October 30, 1877 |
| DATE OF DEATH | 1933 |
| Place of death | Sonnenburg concentration camp |