Karl Stein (resistance fighter)

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Karl Stein (born January 30, 1902 in Dresden , † June 5, 1942 in Berlin-Plötzensee ) was a German resistance fighter .

Life

Symbolic grave of Stein in the honor grove of the Heidefriedhof

In 1921 Karl Stein joined the Communist Party of Germany and later the Red Front Fighters League . He lost his job as an electrician when he took part in the road workers' strike. Karl Stein was arrested in June 1933 and received a prison sentence of several months. Together with Albert Hensel and the artist couple Fritz Schulze and Eva Schulze-Knabe , he founded a resistance group in Dresden in 1934 , which was also an illegal organization of the KPD. Together they listened to "hostile" stations from abroad, which was then a criminal offense. The early actions of these resistance groups included the distribution of leaflets as well as the affixing of banners in hard-to-reach places and the smuggling of forbidden literature. But they also supported those who were persecuted and victims of the National Socialists .

In January 1941, Karl Stein was arrested at work. The People's Court rated the meeting of this resistance group in 1942 as a re-establishment of the KPD and thus high treason. On March 11, 1942, he was sentenced to death together with Fritz Schulze, Albert Hensel and Herbert Bochow . The judgment was carried out on June 5, 1942 in Berlin-Plötzensee . His symbolic grave is located in the honor grove of the Heidefriedhof .

Honors

In Dresden, a street in the Gittersee district and a stadium in the Johannstadt district were named after him.

See also

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b Monika Zorn: Hitler's victims twice killed. Ahriman-Verlag, Freiburg im Breisgau 2001, ISBN 3-89484-401-9 , p. 282.
  2. ^ The common life of Fritz Schulze and Eva Knabe ( Memento from November 19, 2001 in the Internet Archive )
  3. ↑ a b page no longer available , search in web archives: PDF Fritz Schulze of the left-wing faction in the Dresden city parliament p. 5@1@ 2Template: Toter Link / www.linksfraktion-dresden.de
  4. ^ Judgment of the People's Court as a photo in the Deutsche Fotothek
  5. ^ Streets and squares in Gittersee: Karl-Stein-Straße . In: Dresdner-Stadtteile.de. Retrieved February 17, 2016 .
  6. ↑ Chronicle. SSV Turbine Dresden , accessed on February 17, 2016 .
personal data
SURNAME Stein, Karl
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German resistance fighter
DATE OF BIRTH January 30, 1902
PLACE OF BIRTH Dresden , Kingdom of Saxony , German Empire
DATE OF DEATH June 5, 1942
Place of death Berlin-Plötzensee , Free State of Prussia , German Empire