Theodor Andresen
Theodor Andresen (born August 29, 1907 in Gerresheim , † April 16, 1945 in Düsseldorf ) was a German building contractor and resistance fighter against the Nazi regime .
Life
Andresen was born in the then still independent town of Gerresheim , where he also spent his childhood and youth. During the Second World War , Andresen initially fought as a soldier on the Eastern Front , but returned home in 1943. The trained bricklayer worked there as a building contractor.
Andresen was married and had four children.
Resistance in Düsseldorf
In April 1945 he took part in an action by the citizens of Düsseldorf to surrender the city to the advancing American forces without a fight. A few hours before Düsseldorf was liberated, he was sentenced to death and executed. (See the main article Aktion Rheinland ) .
Commemoration
Andresen has a grave of honor at the Gerresheim forest cemetery in Düsseldorf. The Theodor-Andresen-Strasse in the Golzheimer Siedlung and the Theodor-Andresen School in Gerresheim were named after him.
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- Article by PHK Klaus-Fr. Dönecke, Düsseldorf Police Headquarters, press and public relations (PDF file; 415 kB)
- 60 years of the end of the war ( Memento from April 28, 2005 in the Internet Archive ) (kriegsende.ARD.de)
- Westdeutsche Zeitung (2007 - an article by one of his granddaughters)
Individual evidence
- ↑ http://www.duesseldorf.de/stadtgruen/friedhoefe/map/gerresheim.shtml
- ↑ Archived copy ( Memento of the original from April 1, 2009 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Andresen, Theodor |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German resistance fighter in the time of National Socialism |
| DATE OF BIRTH | August 29, 1907 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Dusseldorf |
| DATE OF DEATH | April 16, 1945 |
| Place of death | Dusseldorf |