Richard Jatzek
Richard Jatzek (born May 22, 1906 in Sandhofen ( Mannheim ), † February 24, 1943 in Stuttgart ) was a German communist resistance fighter against the Nazi regime .
Life
Richard Jatzek came from a working-class family from Sandhofen near Mannheim. As a young man he became a member of the Communist Party of Germany (KPD) and took part in the fight against the fascist movement.
After the KPD was crushed or went underground with the transfer of power to the NSDAP , Richard tried after the first wave of arrests in 1934 together with his wife Mathilde, as well as with his comrades Daniel Seitzinger, Friedrich Schwier and Leo Strobanski in Sandhofen a new local branch of the party build up. He also had contact with conscripted comrades in his party in the labor camp . There leaflets and leaflets were produced. Correspondence and instructions were passed on at a distribution station. This group was crushed by the Gestapo in 1935.
Richard later joined the Lechleiter group again as a distributor. This group was also uncovered and its members were sentenced to death and executed before the Stuttgart Higher Regional Court .
Jatzek's remains were transferred to the Anatomical Institute of Heidelberg University with those of other resistance fighters "for research purposes" . On July 22, 1950, a community grave was laid out in the Heidelberg Bergfriedhof , where Jatzek and 26 other victims of the Nazi regime were buried. A memorial plaque was attached to the wall. On November 1, 2001, a stele by the artist Günter Braun from Eppelheim installed on the communal grave and a name plaque with the names of the German victims of National Socialism were presented to the public.
memory
- On September 7, 2002, a history workshop in the garden city showed an exhibition "Resistance against National Socialism" in the former Freya cinema in Mannheim, in which Jatzek's work was also documented.
literature
- Center for political beauty (ed.): To posterity. Latest news and testimonies from Nazi victims against forgetting , Berlin 2019, p. 41, ISBN 978-3-00-064453-5
Individual evidence
- ^ Memorial to the Victims of National Socialism , website of the VIA MONUMENTUM association
- ↑ Richard Jatzek in the Stuttgart exhibition Resistance against National Socialism
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Jatzek, Richard |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German communist resistance fighter |
| DATE OF BIRTH | May 22, 1906 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Sandhofen near Mannheim |
| DATE OF DEATH | February 24, 1943 |
| Place of death | Stuttgart |