Stephan Heise

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Stephan Heise (* 1883 ; † 1945 ) was editor of the Frankfurter Volksstimme , a social democratic newspaper , until 1933 . First arrest after the National Socialists came to power. As a member of the Paul Apel resistance , he was arrested again in 1936 and imprisoned in several concentration camps. He was killed on a death march from Sachsenhausen concentration camp shortly before the end of the war.

Stephan-Heise-Straße in the Frankfurt settlement of Westhausen is named after him. Between 1933 and 1947 this was named after Paul von Lettow-Vorbeck , a Prussian general.

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Naming of streets after people of the resistance and those persecuted by the National Socialist tyranny. Frankfurt am Main 1933–1945, accessed on February 2, 2020 .
  2. ↑ Heise, Stephan. Frankfurt am Main 1933–1945, accessed on February 2, 2020 .
  3. ↑ a b The renaming of streets and squares. Frankfurt am Main 1933–1945, accessed February 20, 2020 .
personal data
SURNAME Heise, Stephan
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German journalist, editor of the Frankfurter Volksstimme
DATE OF BIRTH 1883
DATE OF DEATH 1945