Otto Marquardt
Otto Marquardt (born August 17, 1893 in Hamburg , † October 30, 1944 in the Brandenburg prison in Brandenburg an der Havel ) was a German communist resistance fighter against National Socialism . After the death sentence by the People's Court , he was executed in 1944.
Life
Marquardt came from a Hamburg working class family . After attending elementary school, he learned the profession of typesetter . In 1915 he was drafted into the First World War as an army soldier . He got to know people who belonged to the Spartacus group and who resisted the continuation of the war. Immediately after its founding, Marquardt joined the Communist Party of Germany (KPD) in 1919 . He further educated himself politically in courses at the adult education center and in Marxist lectures. He was committed to child and youth work in the communist movement. In Schleswig he headed the Association of International Workers Aid (IAH) from 1927 . Later he was also a member of their imperial leadership and was a participant in international congresses. In 1934 he went to Berlin because he had found employment there as an employee . After the beginning of the Second World War he established the connection between the resistance group " Bästlein-Jacob-Abshagen " and the group " Saefkow-Jacob-Bästlein ". The latter had developed when the Bästlein network in Hamburg was destroyed and Bernhard Bästlein and Franz Jacob went to Berlin. Marquardt had brought the Bästlein, who had escaped from the prison , into connection with Anton Saefkow and Jacob. Because Marquardt had found a job in April 1944 in the Reich Ministry of Armaments and War Production , he was able to send secret documents from Nazi authorities to his comrades in the resistance groups. He was exposed and arrested by the Gestapo on July 10, 1944. The People's Court sentenced him to death in a trial that was also conducted against Willi Jung Mittag . On October 30, 1944, the sentence was carried out in the Brandenburg-Görden prison.
Otto Marquardt had born in Martha Kowalewski. Spangenberg (1894–1977) his partner.
Honors
- In the honor grove of Hamburg resistance fighters at the Hamburg cemetery in Ohlsdorf there is a pillow stone for Otto Marquardt (first row from left, fourteenth stone).
- In Berlin-Fennpfuhl , a street in memory of him was named " Otto-Marquardt-Straße ".
literature
- Hans-Joachim Fieber , Lothar Berthold , Michele Barricelli : Resistance in Berlin against the Nazi regime 1933 to 1945. A biographical lexicon, Volume 4
Web links
- Otto Marquardt's biogram. Retrieved August 26, 2011
Individual evidence
- ↑ Memorial plaque for W. Jung Mittag, Gubitzstrasse 47a, Berlin
- ↑ Martha Kowalewski in the biographical lexicon Resistance in Berlin
- ↑ Details on Otto Marquardt ( Memento from April 15, 2012 in the Internet Archive ) under Reminder from the Fennpfuhl Citizens Association
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Marquardt, Otto |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German communist and resistance fighter against National Socialism |
| DATE OF BIRTH | 17th August 1893 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Hamburg |
| DATE OF DEATH | October 30, 1944 |
| Place of death | Brandenburg prison , Brandenburg an der Havel |