Otto Springborn

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Johann Wilhelm Otto Springborn , nickname Otto (born June 26, 1890 in Berlin , † July 31, 1944 in the Brandenburg prison ) was a German locksmith or metal grinder and a resistance fighter against National Socialism who was murdered by the Nazis .

Life

Springborn was born as a child of the Berlin bricklayer Johann Karl Friedrich Springborn , originally from Zierke in Mecklenburg, and his wife, the cook Marie Karoline, née. Krüger, born at Cuvrystraße 55. He was a member of the Spartakusbund . After being wounded in the First World War , Springborn refused further military service . He then lived illegally in Berlin for two years during the war. Although he was imprisoned during the war, he was released during the November Revolution. After the war, in 1919, he became a member of the SPD . However, seven years later, in 1926, he joined the KPD under Ernst Thälmann .

After living illegally since 1933, he was sentenced to six months in prison in 1934 for agitation against the National Socialist regime . Springborn had participated in the production of anti-fascist leaflets. After his release from prison, he was unemployed for several years. During the first years of the Second World War he was obliged to work in the former Reichsland Alsace-Lorraine , which was annexed by the Nazi regime during the war. However, he was arrested again on June 12, 1944 because he had agitated anti-fascist among his work colleagues, and was sentenced to death for " undermining military strength ".

First he was interned in the prisons in Mulhouse and Berlin-Moabit . He is also named as a prisoner on a list of the Sachsenhausen concentration camp leaving the camp . Then he was brought to Brandenburg an der Havel . On July 31, 1944, the death sentence was carried out in Brandenburg prison . Springborn's last place of residence was Berlin-Johannisthal .

Honors

  • Springbornstrasse, named after him, has existed in Berlin-Johannisthal since May 31, 1963.
  • There is a memorial plaque on Sterndamm street with the title “Hitler's blood regime fell victim to anti-fascists in Johannisthal”. Springborn is also listed there.

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. birth certificate at ancestry.de ; Registry office Berlin 5b, certificate no. 1531
  2. a b c d e f g h commemorative panels-in-berlin.de
  3. a b c d e Springbornstrasse. In: Street name lexicon of the Luisenstädtischer Bildungsverein (near  Kaupert )
  4. a b freeweb.dnet.it ( Memento of the original from May 12, 2014 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / freeweb.dnet.it
  5. Arolsen Archives , Sign. 100104681. Formerly Sign. Rep. 35 H, Sachsenhausen Concentration Camp, No. 2 , Potsdam, Brandenburgisches Landeshauptarchiv . Digitized at arolsen-archives.org , accessed on February 5, 2020.