Max Brunnow

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Memorial plaque on the house, Alfred-Jung-Strasse 5, in Berlin-Lichtenberg

Max Brunnow (born September 26, 1896 in Stralsund ; † February 10, 1940 in Sachsenhausen concentration camp ) was a German communist and resistance fighter against National Socialism .

Life

Max Brunnow was a commercial clerk by profession. He was married from 1925 to the commercial clerk Amalie Kosmalla (1902–1973), who came from Cave del Predil , and with her he had a son, born in 1926, named Rochus.

Brunnow joined the KPD in 1927 . Because of his political activities he was taken into custody in 1936 and 1938, but no "subversive activities" could be proven. After a third arrest on September 1, 1939, Brunnow was taken to the Sachsenhausen concentration camp . On February 10, 1940, he was murdered there by an SS unit.

Honors

After the end of the Second World War , the Berlin magistrate declared Brunnow a victim of fascism . A memorial plaque was attached to his former home at Wördenstrasse 63 (today Alfred-Jung-Strasse 5) in Lichtenberg at the beginning of the 1950s, and around 1975 it was replaced with a new version with a slightly different inscription. In memory of him, a street in the Fennpfuhl development area was named after him on July 13, 1962 .

Web links

Commons : Max Brunnow  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Brunnow, Max in honor of the directory Luisenstädtischer Education Association .
  2. ^ Max-Brunnow-Strasse. In: Street name lexicon of the Luisenstädtischer Bildungsverein (near  Kaupert )
  3. ↑ Information about Max-Brunnow-Straße in the Berlin City Map & Street Archive at alt-berlin.info (accessed on August 18, 2009).
personal data
SURNAME Brunnow, Max
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German communist and resistance fighter against National Socialism
DATE OF BIRTH September 26, 1896
PLACE OF BIRTH Stralsund
DATE OF DEATH February 10, 1940
Place of death Sachsenhausen concentration camp