Paul Arndt (resistance fighter)
Paul Arndt (born May 14, 1913 in Vienna , † March 20, 1939 in Celle ) was a German communist and resistance fighter against National Socialism .
Life
After attending primary school , Paul Arndt completed an apprenticeship as a lathe operator in Magdeburg . In 1930 he joined the Communist Youth Association of Germany (KJVD) and was sentenced to five months in prison shortly after the National Socialists "seized power " on February 6, 1933, which he served in Halle . In the spring of 1934 he was sent by the Central Committee of the KJVD as political leader to Hanover , where he sought cooperation with the SAJ and coordinated the resistance of the KJVD. Under his direction, the KJVD produced and distributed thousands of leaflets, scatter and sticky notes.
A situation report by the Gestapo shows that the KJVD in Hanover had, among other things, collected empty cigarette packets so that they could be filled with leaflets and then - tied up in larger packages - to be dropped off at busy places. On October 18, 1934, Arndt was arrested at the kitchen garden in Hanover and, after ten months of pre-trial detention, sentenced to eight years in prison by the Hamm Higher Regional Court as the main defendant in the trial against the illegal Hanoverian KJVD leadership . In March 1939 Arndt died of the conditions in prison in Celle .
Honors
Arndt's name is part of the inscription on the Hanover Court Prison Memorial , which is located on the site of the former court prison in Hanover.
literature
- Herbert Obenaus , Wilhelm Sommer (ed.): Political prisoners in the court prison in Hanover during the National Socialist rule , in the cultural information series , ed. from the city of Hanover's cultural office, reprint from: Hannoversche Geschichtsblätter , Neue Reihe 44, Hanover: Landeshauptstadt Hannover, Der Oberstadtdirektor - Kulturamt, 1990, pp. 187–191, partly online via Google books
- Klaus Mlynek : ARNDT, (2) Paul. In: Dirk Böttcher , Klaus Mlynek, Waldemar R. Röhrbein, Hugo Thielen : Hannoversches Biographisches Lexikon . From the beginning to the present. Schlütersche, Hannover 2002, ISBN 3-87706-706-9 , p. 32; online through google books
Individual evidence
- ↑ Klaus Mlynek , Waldemar R. Röhrbein (ed.): History of the City of Hanover , Vol. 2: From the beginning of the 19th century to the present . Schlütersche, Hannover 1991, ISBN 3-87706-364-0 . P. 541f.
- ↑ Places of Remembrance: Memorial of the former court prison , accessed on January 23, 2014
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Arndt, Paul |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German resistance fighter |
| DATE OF BIRTH | May 14, 1913 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Vienna |
| DATE OF DEATH | March 20, 1939 |
| Place of death | Celle |