Marianne Joachim

Marianne Joachim

Marianne Joachim also Marianna (born Prager ; born November 5, 1921 in Berlin ; † March 4, 1943 in Berlin-Plötzensee ) was a German resistance fighter .

Life

Marianne Prager grew up in Berlin as the daughter of a construction worker . After finishing secondary school, she learned the profession of nanny in the Jewish children's home in Berlin's Gipsstrasse. Prager had to give up this job because she had been obliged to do forced labor on land in Rathenow in the summer of 1940 . On August 22, 1941, she married Heinz Joachim (1919–1942) in Berlin . At that time she was employed as a forced laborer in the Alfred Teves factory in Berlin-Wittenau . After her husband in the "Jewish section" of the electric motor factory of Siemens -Werke Herbert Baum had met, the couple of the tree group followed. The Joachim couple's apartment on Rykestrasse often served as a meeting place for the anti-fascist group in Prenzlauer Berg Berlin (AGiP) around Herbert Baum. This group carried out an attack on the anti-communist propaganda exhibition " The Soviet Paradise " on May 18, 1942 . Like her husband, Marianne Joachim was arrested and executed on March 4, 1943 in Berlin-Plötzensee.

A memorial plaque in Belforter Straße 11/12 commemorates them.

execution

“The conviction and execution of these young people, they were between 20 and 23 years old, were communicated to the population on a bright red poster. Their names were provided with the legally required additional first names Sara and Israel. "

" Notice

sentenced to death by the People's Court on December 10, 1942 for preparation for high treason and treasonous favoring the enemy

Heinz Israel Rotholz , 21 years old,

Heinz Israel Birnbaum , 22 years old,

Lothar Israel Salinger , 23 years old,

Helmuth Israel Neumann , 21 years old,

Siegbert Israel Rotholz , 23 years old,

Hella Sara Hirsch , 21 years old,

Hanni Sara Mayer , 23 years old,

Marianna Sara Joachim, 21 years old and

Hildegard Sara Loewy , 20 years old,

all from Berlin were executed today.

Berlin, March 4, 1943

The senior Reich attorney at the People's Court "

with the subtext

"Announcement of the execution of the death sentences on Heinz Rotholz and his companions"

Memorial stones

The Berlin memorial stone in the Lustgarten

Today two memorial stones in Berlin dedicated to the Baum group also remember Marianna Joachim by name.

1. Memorial plaque in Berlin at the Weissensee Jewish Cemetery (entrance: Markus-Reich-Platz)
2. This memorial stone, designed by the sculptor Jürgen Raue, was erected in 1981 on behalf of the magistrate of East Berlin without any further information about the resistance action in the Lustgarten

literature

• Wolfgang Benz , Walter H. Pehle (Ed.): Lexicon of German Resistance , Fischer, Frankfurt am Main 1994, ISBN 978-3-596-15083-0
• Peter Steinbach , Johannes Tuchel (ed.): Lexicon of Resistance 1933–1945 . 2nd Edition. CH Beck, Munich 1998, ISBN 3-406-43861-X , p. 102.

Web links

• Federal Agency for Civic Education through the Herbert Baum Group
• Short biography (Jewish Women Encyclopedia )
• Maren Krüger: Farewell letter, ink on paper . Jewish Museum Berlin. February 7, 2013. Retrieved October 30, 2015.

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Page 138 at Margot Pikarski: Youth in Berlin's resistance. Herbert Baum and comrade in arms. Military publishing house of the German Democratic Republic, Berlin 1978.
2. ^ Siegbert and Lotte Rotholz - members of the resistance group Baum Bildungsserver Berlin Brandenburg
3. ↑ The Berlin group Baum and the Jewish Resistance ( Memento of the original from March 5, 2016 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. , Page 9 
4. ↑ Photo at Margot Pikarski: Youth in Berlin's resistance. Herbert Baum and comrade in arms. Military publishing house of the German Democratic Republic, Berlin 1978.
5. ^ Resistance group around Herbert Baum, "Memorial plaque in Berlin at the Jewish cemetery in Weißensee (entrance: Markus-Reich-Platz)"
6. ^ Resistance group around Herbert Baum. "This memorial stone designed by the sculptor Jürgen Raue was erected in 1981 on behalf of the magistrate of Berlin (East) without any further information about the resistance action in the Lustgarten"