Otto Runki

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Otto Runki (born November 18, 1899 in Schönefeld near Leipzig , † April 4, 1945 in the Mittelbau-Dora concentration camp ) was a German communist and resistance fighter against National Socialism .

Life

Born as the son of a construction worker, Otto Runki became a pacifist in World War I and fought against the Kapp Putsch after his return from British captivity . The construction worker and Asphaltur joined the KPD and was reprimanded several times as a functionary of the construction workers 'union and imprisoned for his work in the Red Front Fighters' Union , the paramilitary task force of the KPD. In 1930 he was elected political leader of the Leipzig sub-district. From March to September 1930 he was imprisoned in the Colditz concentration camp . After his release, he supported the families of other persecuted people. In 1937 he was arrested again and imprisoned in Sachsenhausen concentration camp . After being mistreated and severely injured, he has since been released, suffering from the consequences of the mistreatment for over two years and unable to get out of bed. In September 1939 he was deported to Buchenwald concentration camp and transferred to what was then the Dora Mittelbau satellite camp. There he took part in the sabotage of arms production . He was finally shot in the Dora-Mittelbau concentration camp on April 4, 1945, the day the air raids on nearby Nordhausen , for organized resistance against the SS .

Honors

In Leipzig , on September 12, 1981, on the International Day of Remembrance for the Victims of Fascist Terror and the day of the fight against fascism and imperialist war , a square in the Neustadt-Neuschönefeld district was named after him. However, a memorial stone was removed after the fall of the Wall .

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Luise Kraushaar: German resistance fighters 1933-1945 . Ed .: Diez. tape 2 . Berlin 1970.
  2. ↑ a b c Schumann, Heinz, Gerda Werner, and Wilhelm Pieck: Fighting the human right: Life pictures and last letters of anti-fascist resistance fighters . Ed .: Diez. 1st edition. 1958, p. 676 .
  3. ↑ a b Griebsch, Gernot .: Lexicon of Leipziger Strasseennamen . Verlag in the Wiss.-Zentrum, Leipzig 1995, ISBN 3-930433-09-5 .
  4. ↑ a b LVZ / Leipziger Volkszeitung, November 17, 1998, p. 21 Edition: Leipziger Volkszeitung-Stadtausgabe / Stadtausgabe / Ressort: Leipzig
  5. ↑ Dieter Kürschner: Otto Runki. In: Saxon Biography - the personal history lexicon on the history of Saxony. Institute for Saxon History and Folklore, accessed on February 21, 2020 .
personal data
SURNAME Runki, Otto
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German communist and resistance fighter against National Socialism
DATE OF BIRTH November 18, 1899
PLACE OF BIRTH Schönefeld near Leipzig
DATE OF DEATH April 4, 1945
Place of death Dora Mittelbau