Kurt Weiland
Kurt Weiland (born July 15, 1910 in Ilversgehofen , † September 1944 in Brandenburg-Görden ) was a German resistance fighter against National Socialism .
Life
Weiland was a technician who worked at the armaments factory Rheinmetall AG in Apolda . He was non-party, but took part in resistance actions and was charged with " undermining military strength " before the People's Court in Berlin . According to various sources, he was executed or killed in prison in Brandenburg-Görden . As early as the beginning of July 1945, an Antifa committee that had just emerged from illegality named a street after him, and the Apolda city administration put a memorial plaque on his house at Königstrasse 7.
The exact circumstances of his death are still unclear.
literature
- Thuringian Association of the Persecuted of the Nazi Regime - Association of Antifascists and Study Group of German Resistance 1933–1945 (Ed.): Heimatgeschichtlicher Wegweiser to places of resistance and persecution 1933–1945, series: Heimatgeschichtliche Wegweiser Volume 8 Thüringen , Erfurt 2003, ISBN 3-88864 -343-0 .
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Weiland, Kurt |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German resistance fighter |
| DATE OF BIRTH | July 15, 1910 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Ilversgehofen |
| DATE OF DEATH | September 1944 |
| Place of death | Brandenburg-Görden |