Minna Recknagel
Minna Recknagel née Leipold (born February 9, 1882 in Suhl , † January 5, 1945 in Weimar ) was a German communist resistance fighter against National Socialism who was beheaded with the guillotine in the court of the Weimar Regional Court .
Life
She was born in a working-class family in Suhl. She grew up with five siblings. Her father died prematurely. After attending primary school , she went to a Suhl porcelain factory as an unskilled worker . As a side income, she lit the Suhl street lamps in the evening . She was active in the working class and in the workers' choral society and drew strength from it for her family tasks, but also for the common political work with her husband. First a member of the USPD, then of the KPD , she became the first woman to work for her party in the Suhl city council , and since 1924 in the Prussian House of Representatives . Meetings of opponents of Hitler often took place in her apartment . She supported the calls to “celebrate sick” and “work slowly” as a pacifist sabotage method. She even attacked the men cheerfully: “ You men are all bullshit. If we women worked in the factory, the war would be over by now. “She already knew in 1943 about the racist persecution of Jews and that they were killed with gas . During the mass arrest on September 3, 1943, she was taken to the Gotha regional court prison . The People's Court in Rudolstadt sentenced her and eight other anti-fascists to death for high treason and undermining military strength . She was the only woman and the first, before her husband Emil, to be executed with the guillotine at 5:30 p.m.
Minna Leipold married Emil Recknagel in 1901 and had two children with him. She supported her sick husband both in the family and by doing odd jobs in agriculture .
memory
- Your name and the other resistance fighters are carved on the memorial at the former settler restaurant on Friedberg.
- On May 5, 2008, two stumbling blocks for Emil and Minna Recknagel were laid in front of their house at Lupinenweg 4.
literature
Gerd Kaiser (Ed.), Upright and strong, in it Dagmar Schmidt with a memory of Emil and Minna Recknagel , p. 101ff.
Individual evidence
- ↑ Memorials for the Victims of National Socialism II, p. 885
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Recknagel, Minna |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Leipold, Minna (maiden name) |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German communist resistance fighter against fascism |
| DATE OF BIRTH | February 9, 1882 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Suhl |
| DATE OF DEATH | January 5, 1945 |
| Place of death | Weimar |