Leopold Hofmann (resistance fighter)
Leopold Hofmann (born on September 8, 1900 in Vienna ; died on March 19, 1945 in Flossenbürg concentration camp ) was an Austrian communist resistance fighter against National Socialism . He was arrested by the Vienna Gestapo , interrogated, deported to the concentration camp and murdered there.
Life
Leopold Hofmann was arrested in January 1944 for working for the KPÖ and deported to the Flossenbürg concentration camp on August 14, 1944 . He was put to death in its Hersbruck subcamp on March 19, 1945, a few weeks before the fall of the Nazi regime .
Commemoration
A memorial and a memorial stone commemorate the resistance fighter:
- On November 1, 1954, the freedom fighter memorial was unveiled in the Atzgersdorf cemetery , designed by the sculptor Franz Pixner . It commemorates a total of 24 resistance fighters who lost their lives to Austrofascism and the Nazi regime : Anton Bergauer , Leo Dworschak , Hans Fröhlich , Karl Griesbach , Franz Hauer , Franz and Michael Heindl , Leopold Hofmann, Therese Klostermann , Richard Lehmann , Rudolf Mekiska , Viktor Mrnustik , Heinrich Müller , Josef Müller , Leopold Müller , Josef Nagl , Johann Sauer , Karl Schafhauser , Fritz Seiler , Max Spanner , Leopold Stípčak , Richard Suchy , Johann Teufel and Josef Willinger .
- As part of the memorial event on the occasion of the anniversary of the November pogroms in 1938, the Stones of Remembrance Initiative in Liesing laid a memorial stone for Leopold Hofmann in front of his last house on Tagliebergasse 1 in Vienna- Atzgersdorf in November 2014 .
His name can also be found in the Liesinger Victims of National Socialism 1938 - 1945 list of the Stones of Remembrance Initiative in Liesing .
Sources and literature
- Documentation archive of the Austrian resistance : no longer anonymous , with three photos from the identification file of the Gestapo Vienna, accessed on June 6, 2015
- Erich Fein: The stones speak: Memorials of the Austrian struggle for freedom, memorials f. the victims of fascism: a documentation , Europaverlag 1975, 110
- Willi Weinert: “You can put me out, but not the fire”: a guide through the grove of honor of Group 40 at the Vienna Central Cemetery for the executed resistance fighters . Verlag Alfred-Klahr-Ges., 2005
Individual evidence
- ↑ My District: Stones of Remembrance , accessed on June 6, 2015
- ↑ Anti-fascist monuments and memorials. In: dasrotewien.at - Web dictionary of the Viennese social democracy. SPÖ Vienna (publisher), accessed on June 6, 2015
- ↑ Wohnpark Alt-Erlaa Zeitung : Stones of Remembrance ( Memento of the original from July 15, 2015 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 June 6, 2015
- ↑ Liesingen Victims of National Socialism 1938 - 1945 ( Memento of the original from September 24, 2015 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 June 6, 2015
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Hofmann, Leopold |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Austrian communist resistance fighter against the Nazi dictatorship |
| DATE OF BIRTH | September 8, 1900 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Vienna |
| DATE OF DEATH | March 19, 1945 |
| Place of death | Flossenbürg concentration camp |