Paul Illhardt

Paul Illhardt (born May 5, 1888 in Staßfurt , † May 1, 1936 in Magdeburg ) was a German communist and resistance fighter against National Socialism .

Life

Illhardt came from a working class family. He learned the profession of a former and later worked for the National Radiator Gesellschaft mbH ( NARAG ) in Schönebeck . He was a soldier in World War I and was captured . In 1920 he joined the USPD and later the KPD . For them he worked in particular as an agitator. After he was fired because of his political activities in the company, he actively worked on the unemployment committee.

After the " seizure of power " by the National Socialists in 1933, Illhardt was active in the resistance and played a major role in building a resistance group. As head of the Schönebeck sub-district, he helped organize the KPD's resistance in the region. On April 27, 1936, he was arrested - along with Franz Vollbring and Willi Wallstab . Illhardt was interrogated by the Gestapo in the " Brauen Haus " in Magdeburg and was severely tortured. He was murdered on the night of May 1, 1936. His body was found cruelly mutilated.

Honors

A street in Schönebeck is named after Paul Illhardt, and the municipal vocational school used to be named there.

literature

• Anna Dora Miethe: Memorials. Labor movement. Anti-fascist resistance. Building socialism . Urania-Verlag, Leipzig / Jena / Berlin 1974, p. 253.
• Walter Blumenthal: In the spirit of Lenin. From the life of fighters of the workers' movement in the Schönebeck district . Commission for research into the history of the local labor movement at the secretariat of the district leadership of the SED Schönebeck (Elbe) 1970, p. 16.
• Martin Wiehle : Borders Personalities. Biographical lexicon of the Magdeburger Börde (= contributions to the cultural history of the Magdeburger Börde and its peripheral areas. Vol. 6). Dr. ziethen verlag, Oschersleben 2001, ISBN 3-935358-20-2 , p. 80.
• Hans-Joachim Geffert: Illhardt, Paul. In: Guido Heinrich, Gunter Schandera (ed.): Magdeburg Biographical Lexicon 19th and 20th centuries. Biographical lexicon for the state capital Magdeburg and the districts of Bördekreis, Jerichower Land, Ohrekreis and Schönebeck. Scriptum, Magdeburg 2002, ISBN 3-933046-49-1 ( article online ).