Richard Linde (resistance fighter)
Richard Linde (born March 31, 1880 in Hanover , † May 19, 1965 in Berlin ) was a German resistance fighter against National Socialism .
Life
Linde had set up in Berlin in 1918 as an independent patent attorney . In 1920 he bought a building in Hohen Neuendorf in Brandenburg for his wife and three children . He managed the large property with a small craft business. He grew fruit and vegetables there and kept a colony of bees . In 1921 Linde joined the Masonic Lodge Zur Sonne .
Linde met Hildegard Knieß and Elisabeth Abegg through his daughter Edith . Like them, he joined the left-wing liberal resistance group around Ernst Strassmann and Hans Robinson . He made his house, which was called "Villa Linde", available as a meeting place for those who think differently and for political discussions. We listened to the news of the Protestant radio together. During the Second World War , from 1942 onwards, Linde gave shelter to persecuted Jews , escaped forced laborers and prisoners of war in his property and was now part of a network for the protection of refugees. Even after Strassmann's arrest on August 19, 1942, Linde remained active in the political resistance in Hohen Neuendorf.
After the war ended, Linde joined the SPD . When he came into conflict with the GDR in 1958 , at the age of 78 he dared to start over as a patent attorney in Rüsselsheim and West Berlin .
Today a memorial plaque in front of the former "Villa Linde" commemorates.
literature
- Horst R. Sassin: Liberals in the Resistance. The Robinsohn-Strassmann Group 1934–1942 . Hamburg 1993 ( Hamburg contributions to social and contemporary history , vol. 30).
Individual evidence
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Linde, Richard |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German resistance fighters against National Socialism |
| DATE OF BIRTH | March 31, 1880 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Hanover |
| DATE OF DEATH | May 19, 1965 |
| Place of death | Berlin |