Peter Greif

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Peter Greif (born October 1, 1902 in Konz ; † January 5, 1933 in Ehrang ) was chairman of the KPD local group Ehrang and a German resistance fighter; he was shot by the SA in 1933 .

Life

On New Year's Eve 1932/33 there were violent clashes between National Socialists and Communists in Ehrang , during which an SA man drew a weapon and fired several times. Peter Greif was shot in the stomach while caring for a wounded man. He succumbed to his injuries a few days later in the Marien Hospital in Ehrang.

The suspect escaped and was arrested a short time later. There was no negotiation because on January 30, 1933, Adolf Hitler was appointed Reich Chancellor and the National Socialists took over power . The KPD was banned by the Reich President's decree for the protection of the German people on February 4, 1933. The perpetrator was never brought to justice; all documents about the police investigation had disappeared after the end of the war.

Peter Greif, a gardener by trade, left a wife and three children.

literature

  • Robert Zingen: Peter Greif: shot by the SA 65 years ago. In: Ehranger Heimat eV (Hrsg.): Ehranger Heimat. Yearbook 1998. pp. 174-179.
  • Edgar Christoffel: The way through the night: persecution u. Resistance in Trier Land during d. Time d. National Socialism. Persecuted people from Trier and Trier country live through d. Concentration camp u. Prisons d. "Third Reich". Trier 1983, ISBN 3-923794-00-2 , p. 27ff.
  • Werner Schuhn : Ehrang. Volume I, Trier 1989, pp. 262-265.
  • Eberhard Klopp: Bloody fight between Nazis and Kozis in Ehrang. In: Trierische Landeszeitung. January 2, 1933. Quoted in: Heinz Monz (Hrsg.): Trierer Biographisches Lexikon. Scientific publishing house, Trier 2000, ISBN 3-88476-400-4 .
  • Eberhard Klopp: History of the Trier workers' movement: a German example. Volume 3: Short Biographies 1836–1933. 2nd Edition. Trier 1979, p. 45.

Web links

Entry on Peter Greif in the Rhineland-Palatinate personal database

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Robert Zingen: Peter Griffin: shot 65 years ago by the SA. In: Ehranger Heimat eV (Hrsg.): Ehranger Heimat. Yearbook 1998. pp. 174-179.
personal data
SURNAME Griffin, Peter
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German resistance fighter
DATE OF BIRTH October 1, 1902
PLACE OF BIRTH Conc
DATE OF DEATH January 5, 1933
Place of death Honor