Otto Adam (resistance fighter)

Otto Adam (born July 21, 1909 in Uslar near Hanover ; † November 15, 1943 in the Brandenburg-Görden prison ) was a resistance fighter against the Nazi regime in Leipzig .

Life

After attending elementary school, Adam learned the trade of watchmaker . During the Weimar Republic he sympathized with the SPD .

In 1935 he was denounced for making subversive statements . But the proceedings had to be closed due to a lack of evidence. During the war Adam worked at the A. Hogenforst machine factory in Leipzig . The communist Heinrich Büchner , whom he knew from the Weimar period , was also employed there. Together they made stamps and notes with anti-fascist slogans. They distributed these notes throughout the city of Leipzig.

The Gestapo did not track them down for a long time, only when Büchner was found on the barracks sign at the hospital in Danziger Strasse (today's Max-Liebermann-Strasse) with a rubber stamp on May 1, 1943 , that he was discovered and composed. Büchner was killed the following day during the interrogation in the police prison.

On May 6, 1943, Adam was also arrested. On November 15, 1943, the “ People's Court ” sentenced him to death for “ undermining military strength , favoring the enemy and preparing for high treason ”. Adam was executed on the same day in the Brandenburg-Görden prison.

Honors

As early as August 1, 1945, Roonstrasse in the Gohlis district of Leipzig was renamed Otto-Adam-Strasse after him .

literature

• Rolf Graupner among others: Places of struggle and memory . Museum for the History of the City of Leipzig 1974, p. 14.
• Gernot Griebsch, Gina Klank: Lexicon of Leipzig street names . Verlag im Wissenschaftszentrum, Leipzig 1995, ISBN 3-930433-09-5 , p. 161.
• Manfred Hötzel and Dieter Kürschner: Street names in Gohlis. History and explanation . Bürgererverein Gohlis eV, Leipzig 2001, p. 70.

Web links

• Adam, Otto . Entry in the Leipzig biography.