Kurt Steffelbauer

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Memorial plaque for Kurt Steffelbauer at the house at Konsulstrasse 1 in Görlitz
Memorial plaque on the house, Tegeler Strasse 18, in Berlin-Wedding

Kurt Steffelbauer (born February 16, 1890 in Görlitz ; † May 21, 1942 in Berlin-Plötzensee ) was a German teacher , trade unionist , resistance fighter against National Socialism and KPD member.

Life

After receiving the teacher's exam, Steffelbauer initially taught in the Görlitz district. In 1914 he fought as a soldier at the front in the First World War , where he was seriously wounded in 1915 and then retired as a lieutenant in the reserve. Steffelbauer then went abroad and taught in an orphanage in Beirut (now Lebanon ) in 1918/19 . Later he was secretary of the German Railway Union. In 1924 he joined the KPD, in 1926 the teachers' union. First he worked as a teacher in Buer ( Westphalia ), from 1927 in the Berlin district of Wedding , later in Oberschöneweide . In 1928 he took on a full-time job in the union . In 1933 he was dismissed as a teacher for political reasons, but reinstated in the same year.

Steffelbauer combined his work as a teacher with illegal anti-fascist work in a resistance group to which Tamara Bunke's parents also belonged. So he informed u. a. other resistance groups (e.g. the one in the Siemens factories under Alfred Grünberg ) served as a contact point for foreign couriers, kept in touch with the KPD in Prague and wrote pamphlets such as What we want and what we fight for or madmen rule Germany . In January 1939 he took part in the Bern conference of the KPD , where he acted together with Arthur Emmerlich .

On May 28, 1941, Steffelbauer was arrested and taken to Plötzensee detention center . On January 10, 1942, he was sentenced to death by the 2nd Senate of the People's Court together with Arthur Emmerlich , Alfred Grünberg and Johann Gloger and executed in Plötzensee on May 21, 1942 .

Honors

  • On May 21, 1951, the Kaiserstraße in Treptow-Köpenick was renamed Steffelbauerstraße in his honor .
  • On September 11, 1960, the 7th Polytechnic High School in Görlitz was named Kurt Steffelbauer .
  • The 9th Polytechnic High School in Meißen was named Kurt Steffelbauer .

literature

Web links

Commons : Kurt Steffelbauer  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Kurt Steffelbauer on the website of the Oberschule Innenstadt in Görlitz
personal data
SURNAME Steffelbauer, Kurt
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Teachers and resistance fighters against National Socialism
DATE OF BIRTH February 16, 1890
PLACE OF BIRTH Goerlitz
DATE OF DEATH May 21, 1942
Place of death Berlin-Plötzensee