Max Saupe
Max Ernst Saupe (born March 29, 1889 in Altmittweida ; † March 1945 in the Bergen-Belsen concentration camp ) was a German politician, co-founder of the KPD party cell in Ebersdorf and a member of the works council of the Chemnitz workshops .
Life
Max Saupe was born on March 29, 1889 in Altmittweida in Saxony as the son of Franz Saupe, a manual worker in a sand pit and Anna Saupe, née. John, a day laborer for a large farmer, was born. Max Saupe attended elementary school in Frankenau for eight years , after which he worked as a groom for a large farmer. At the age of 17 he found work in a sand pit, after which he did two years of military service at the age of 20. In 1911 he moved to Ebersdorf and worked as a construction worker and manual worker in the nearby Chemnitz workshop station . Saupe lived on the ground floor of Frankenberger Straße 235 (until 1919 Frankenberger Straße 23), but for a short time probably also in the attic of Lichtenauer Straße 13 (until 1919 Poststraße 13, then Niederlichtenauer Straße 13).
In 1912 he married Paula Ludwig (born January 27, 1889) from Milkau , who had worked as a weaver in Mittweida. With her he had two children, Erna (born September 2, 1912) and Gerhard (born May 19, 1919; † November 2, 1984).
His experiences in the First World War , especially in Flanders from 1916 to 1918 , had a considerable influence on his political views. In 1919, as a co-founder of the KPD party cell in Ebersdorf, he became its political leader; in the same year he was elected to the works council of the workshop station. At the time of the Kapp Putsch , he was a member of the Workers 'and Soldiers' Council .
With the incorporation of Ebersdorf in 1919, Saupe was elected city councilor of the Communist Party of Germany . In the following years he was also active in several committees, such as the one on localization issues or the one for property. In these positions he fought for social relief in particular for workers and their families. The Ebersdorf school was given a gym and the tram route to Hilbersdorf was extended to Ebersdorf. In addition, a bathing establishment was opened in Ebersdorf. In the Red Front Fighters Association he led the marching band and organized children's parties for workers ' children as part of the International Workers ' Aid.
With the seizure of power by the Nazis in 1933 Max Saupe was on the Kaßberg taken into "protective custody" and then in the concentration camp Sachsenburg detained. In 1934 he was released and worked illegally in the resistance struggle of the " Harlaß-Gruppe ". Since he was under constant police supervision, he separated from his family during this time. After the assassination attempt on Hitler on July 20, 1944 , Saupe was arrested again and taken to the Sachsenhausen concentration camp on August 26, 1944 . At the beginning of 1945 he was transferred to the Bergen-Belsen concentration camp, where he died of typhus in March 1945 at the age of almost 56 .
Honors
In the GDR , his work was posthumously honored in Chemnitz. In Ebersdorf, for example, the 1.6 kilometer long Vitzthumstrasse and several associated side streets, which are only a few meters away from his house on Frankenberger Strasse, were renamed Max-Saupe-Strasse. In addition, the Ebersdorf School, the Ebersdorf Nursing Home and a VEB Barkas-Werke brigade were named after him. A memorial stone was also erected on a green strip at the current bus terminus in Ebersdorf.
The street in Ebersdorf, the memorial and two memorial plaques in the honor groves in Chemnitz and Dresden still exist today . In spring 2015 a tombstone was donated by the family in Bergen-Belsen. The Heimatverein Unser Ebersdorf e. V. would also like to set up a stumbling block in front of Frankenberger Strasse 235.
Max-Saupe memorial on Max-Saupe-Strasse in Chemnitz-Ebersdorf
The memorial stone
Inscription of the monument
Web links
- Personalities of the Ebersdorf district on UnserEbersdorf.de (with picture of Saupe's family)
- Max Saupe's biography on Gedenkstaette-Sachsenburg.de
Individual evidence
- ↑ Historical address books on Adressbuecher.SachsenDigital.de , accessed on February 4, 2019
- ↑ Oral transmission, so far no evidence has been found.
- ↑ a b Personalities of the Ebersdorf district on UnserEbersdorf.de , accessed on January 5, 2019
- ↑ Max Saupe's biography on Gedenkstaette-Sachsenburg.de , accessed on January 5, 2019
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Saupe, Max |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Saupe, Max Ernst (full name) |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German politician |
| DATE OF BIRTH | March 29, 1889 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Altmittweida |
| DATE OF DEATH | March 1945 |
| Place of death | Bergen-Belsen concentration camp |