Paul Rentsch

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Paul Rentsch (born September 29, 1898 in Rothenburg / Oberlausitz , Province of Silesia ; † May 8, 1944 in the Brandenburg-Görden prison ) was a German dentist and resistance fighter of the European Union group .

Life

Together with Georg Groscurth , Robert Havemann and Herbert Richter, he was one of the authors of the manifesto "The future of tomorrow will be a united socialist Europe", which was written on July 15, 1943. It was intended to prepare the armed uprising against the National Socialist dictatorship . The group also helped underground Jews by providing them with false identity papers.

Rentsch and Richter were neighbors; the families lived in the same house in western Berlin and had neighboring holiday homes in Diensdorf.

On September 5, 1943, Paul Rentsch was arrested by the Gestapo in his house in Diensdorf am Scharmützelsee and after a trial at the People's Court on 15/16. December 1943 under its President Roland Freisler on May 8, 1944, as well as Richter and Groscurth, beheaded in the Brandenburg-Görden prison . Rentsch's wife Margarete was imprisoned for four months.

Paul Rentsch left two children behind: Sabine and Mathias.

Honors

In 2006 Rentsch was registered in Yad Vashem on the Wall of Memorial - the wall with the names of the Righteous Among the Nations .

literature

  • Bernd Florath: The European Union . In: Johannes Tuchel (Ed.): "The forgotten resistance" - On real history and perception of opposition and resistance to National Socialism . Dachau Symposia on Contemporary History, Vol. 5. Göttingen 2005, pp. 114–139
  • Manfred Wilke , Werner Theuer: Robert Havemann and the European Union resistance group . Working papers of the SED-State Research Association, 29th Berlin 1999
  • Simone Hannemann: Robert Havemann and the "European Union" resistance group. A presentation of the events and their interpretation after 1945 . Series of publications by the Robert Havemann Society, 6th Berlin 2001.

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Review of Simone Hannemann: Robert Havemann and the resistance group "European Union" . In: FAZ
personal data
SURNAME Rentsch, Paul
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German dentist and resistance fighter
DATE OF BIRTH September 29, 1898
PLACE OF BIRTH Rothenburg / Upper Lusatia , Province of Silesia
DATE OF DEATH May 8, 1944
Place of death Brandenburg-Görden