Otto Hubener

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Ernst Otto Hübener (born December 28, 1891 in Uhlenhorst , † April 23, 1945 in Berlin ) was a German insurance salesman and resistance fighter against National Socialism .

Foundation of the insurance broker Jauch & Hübener

Hübener, son of lawyer Otto Hübener learned before the First World War in London the merchant and captain d. Res. Walter Jauch and with him, having returned from the war as a reserve lieutenant , founded the insurance broker and reinsurance broker company Jauch & Hübener in Hamburg in 1919 . Jauch & Hübener soon became the most important insurance and reinsurance brokers on the continent.

Connections to resistance

Jauch & Hübener had already been assigned a representative of the State Security Service at the beginning of the Nazi era because Nazi circles had doubts about their political reliability. Hübener himself had been arrested by the Gestapo as early as 1934 as part of the " Röhm Putsch " . After the assassination attempt on July 20, 1944 , he was interrogated several times without result. The investigation also looked at the relationship between Jauch & Hübener and the military resistance. Walter Jauch's cousin by marriage was Hans Oster , major general and chief of staff of the military defense under Admiral Canaris . Via this, Jauch & Hübener had contact with his direct colleague Hans von Dohnanyi , the u. a. financial transactions with Jauch & Hübener were accused.

execution

Hübener was arrested in Hamburg in 1945. On April 7, 1945, Hans von Dohnanyi was executed in Sachsenhausen concentration camp . Canaris, Oster and the theologian Dietrich Bonhoeffer were executed on April 9, 1945 in the Flossenbürg concentration camp . Hübener was executed in Berlin on April 21 or 23, 1945 without a trial.

Familiar

Hübener had been married to Thecla Möring (1898–1990) from Hamburg since 1920 and had two sons. He was the owner of the country estate "In De Bost" on the Elbe in the immediate vicinity of the Deer Park .

literature

  • Romedio G. Count of Thun-Hohenstein: The conspirator. General Oster and the military opposition. Berlin 1982, Munich 1984.
  • Elisabeth Chowaniec: The "Dohnanyi Case" 1943–1945. 1991.

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Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Birth register StA Hamburg 21, No. 2783/1891
  2. ↑ As possible dates of death 21, 22 or 23 April 1945 come into question. April 23, 1945 was set as the official date of death by order of the Hamburg-Blankenese District Court - 6 UR II 37/48 - of March 28, 1949.
  3. ↑ Marriage register StA Hamburg 3, No. 7/1920
personal data
SURNAME Hubener, Otto
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Hübener, Ernst Otto (full name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German insurance salesman and resistance fighter against National Socialism
DATE OF BIRTH December 28, 1891
PLACE OF BIRTH Uhlenhorst
DATE OF DEATH between April 21, 1945 and April 23, 1945
Place of death Berlin