Rudolf Eichler

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Rudolf ("Rudi") Eichler (born August 12, 1893 in Hagenau ; † July 17, 1967 ) was a German communist , trade unionist and resistance fighter against the Nazi regime .

Life

From 1899 to 1907 Eichler attended elementary school and then from 1907 to 1911 a further education school. He completed an apprenticeship as a mechanical and electrical engineer. In 1913 he was drafted into the Navy . In 1917 he joined the Social Democratic Party of Germany , but in 1918 he became a member of the Independent Social Democratic Party of Germany and the German Metalworkers' Association . In 1920 he joined the Communist Party of Germany (KPD). In 1922/23 he was a member of the works council of C. Lorenz AG in Berlin-Tempelhof . In 1923 he went to the Ruhr area on behalf of the KPD , later he was political director of the KPD in Berlin-Pankow .

After the " seizure of power " by the National Socialists , Eichler was attacked and mistreated by the SA on the street . Eichler, however, remained illegally active for the KPD and received anti-fascist material from Olaf Barutzki for information and dissemination. He also supported his family financially. Eichler also listened to foreign stations such as Radio Moscow in his apartment . After the outbreak of the Second World War, he built a resistance group together with Max Nobody and produced illegal newspapers with him. In March 1945 Eichler supported the parachutist Werner Böhnke, who had been deposed by the Red Army .

In May 1945, Eichler, together with the communists Karl Grünberg and Bruno Mätze, founded a “People's Committee for Reconstruction”, which was set up in a bar on the corner of Wollankstrasse and Schulzestrasse and was also very popular with non-communist circles. Eichler rejoined the KPD and in 1946 became a member of the Socialist Unity Party of Germany . Until 1955 he was employed by the publishing house “ Neues Deutschland ”, from 1955 he worked as an advertising consultant for DEWAG .

Eichler was awarded the Patriotic Order of Merit in bronze in 1964. He has also received other state awards.

literature

  • Hans-Joachim Fieber et al. (Ed.): Resistance in Berlin against the Nazi regime 1933 to 1945. A biographical lexicon. Volume 11 [first supplementary volume, A – J]. Trafo-Verlag, Berlin 2005, ISBN 3-89626-362-5 , p. 145.

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Heinrich-Wilhelm Wörmann: Resistance in Köpenick and Treptow . German Resistance Memorial Center, Berlin 2010, ISBN 978-3-926082-43-5 , p. 157.
  2. ^ Gerhard Keiderling: We are the state party. The KPD district organization Greater Berlin: April 1945 – April 1946 . Berlin-Verlag Spitz, Berlin 1997, ISBN 978-3-87061-653-3 , p. 48.
  3. ↑ Patriotic Order of Merit in bronze . In: Berliner Zeitung , October 6, 1964, p. 7.
  4. ^ Obituary notice in Neues Deutschland , July 21, 1967, p. 5.
personal data
SURNAME Eichler, Rudolf
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Eichler, Rudi
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German communist, trade unionist and resistance fighter
DATE OF BIRTH August 12, 1893
PLACE OF BIRTH Haguenau
DATE OF DEATH 17th July 1967