Katharina Fellendorf
Katharina Fellendorf (born November 7, 1884 in Hamburg , † March 31, 1944 in Berlin-Plötzensee ) was a German resistance fighter and a victim of National Socialism .
Life
Fellendorf came from a Hamburg working class family . After attending elementary school , she earned her living as a tiller . She joined the KPD and became involved against the emerging National Socialism . Her son Wilhelm left Germany after the transfer of power to the NSDAP and went to the Soviet Union . Katharina Fellendorf was in contact with the resistance group Bästlein-Jacob-Abshagen , supported their actions against the Nazi regime and is part of the Red Orchestra. When her son Wilhelm, who was trained as a parachutist in the Soviet Union, was dropped over the Reich territory in the summer of 1942 , she took him in at her apartment. The Gestapo became aware of this and arrested her on October 15, 1942. Her son Wilhelm was murdered on October 28, 1942 in the Hamburg Gestapo custody. A court sentenced Katharina to death for “ favoring the enemy ” . The execution took place in the prison in Berlin-Plötzensee .
Honor
- In Hamburg-Bergedorf a street was named " Catharina-Fellendorf-Straße " in her memory
literature
- Leopold Trepper : The truth. Autobiography of the “Grand Chef” of the Red Chapel . Unwanted Books on Fascism No. 9, 1995, ISBN 346300643X , ISBN 9783463006437
Individual evidence
- ^ German Resistance Memorial Center: The Dead of the Red Chapel ( Memento from June 30, 2009 in the Internet Archive ), accessed on August 20, 2011
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Fellendorf, Katharina |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German resistance fighter and victim of National Socialism |
| DATE OF BIRTH | November 7, 1884 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Hamburg |
| DATE OF DEATH | March 31, 1944 |
| Place of death | Berlin-Plötzensee |