Reinhold Julius

Reinhold Julius (born March 8, 1913 in Magdeburg , † July 31, 1937 in Berlin-Plötzensee ) was a German resistance fighter against National Socialism and boxer.

Life

Julius was born as the son of a large family from the working class on the Strasse Kniehauerufer in Magdeburg's old town .

After attending elementary school, he began an apprenticeship as a moulder , which he quickly broke off. He then took up a job as an unskilled worker in the Friedrich Krupp AG Grusonwerk in Magdeburg-Buckau and was last employed here during the blueprint .

Julius was involved in the labor movement. He was a member of the Communist Youth Association of Germany (KJVD) and the German Metalworkers Association (DMV). He boxed in workers' sports clubs .

During the time of National Socialism he was involved in the resistance. He distributed literature critical of the regime and on May 1st hoisted a red flag on the sports field in Magdeburg-Fermersleben . After an initial imprisonment in 1933, he was arrested again in 1935. He was subjected to torture and solitary confinement. In the summer of 1937 he was sentenced to death by the People's Court for high treason . The sentence was carried out by beheading in Berlin-Plötzensee prison .

His urn was buried in the Berlin-Marzahn municipal cemetery . A memorial stone commemorates him and another 45 victims of National Socialism.

literature

• Joachim Hoffmann: Julius, Reinhold. 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 , p. 335.