Walter Veigel
Walter Veigel (* 1. November 1908 in Großgartach , † November 1986 ) one was German communist resistance fighters against the Nazis , prisoner in the Buchenwald concentration camp , a member of the International Military Organization (IMO) of prisoner resistance and employees in the GDR - Ministries of Foreign Trade and Foreign Affairs .
Life
Veigel, whose father was a Former, completed an apprenticeship as a businessman after leaving school . From 1925 he was a casual worker and from 1928 lived in Duisburg, where he was employed as an assembly worker. He joined the Communist Party of Germany (KPD) in 1931 . During the time of the Weimar Republic , he was active against the emerging National Socialism . After the transfer of power to the NSDAP , he was taken into “ protective custody ” in 1933 and has since been imprisoned in various prisons . In 1938 he was deported to the Buchenwald concentration camp, received the prisoner number 1753 and was assigned to the prisoner infirmary. He acquired through years of painstaking work dressing material held by the SS and hid it in the darkroom of the X-ray laboratories . During a deployment in the Duisburg external command, he became a camp elder. In the main camp he was one of the 23 group leaders of the KPD's military organization.
When the Nazi rule was eliminated, he took part in the remembrance work of the liberated prisoners and was part of the " Military History " working group at the Committee of the GDR's Anti-Fascist Resistance Fighters. Professionally, he worked in various ministries in the GDR .
Awards
- Patriotic Order of Merit in silver (1968), in gold (1974)
- Gold Medal for the Patriotic Order of Merit (1978)
Publications
- Walter Krämer trained me . From a report by Walter Veigel, prisoner pharmacist in the fascist Buchenwald concentration camp , BA 31-357, report Walter Veigel, April 6, 1970.
literature
- Lieselotte Ebert: The pharmacist from Buchenwald. Humanism de facto in the fight against inhumanity , in: Humanitas 17 (1977) 8.P. 11
- Emil Carlebach , Willy Schmidt , Ulrich Schneider (Hrsg.): Buchenwald a concentration camp. Reports - pictures - documents. Bonn 2000, ISBN 3-89144-271-8 .
- Author collective: Buchenwald. Reminder and obligation. Documents and reports. Berlin 1983, p. 758
- Harry Stein, Buchenwald Memorial (ed.): Buchenwald Concentration Camp 1937–1945 , volume accompanying the permanent historical exhibition. Wallstein Verlag, Göttingen 1999, ISBN 978-3-89244-222-6 .
Web link
- Picture by Walter Veigel on www.buchenwald.de
Individual evidence
- ↑ Harry Stein, Buchenwald Memorial (ed.): Buchenwald Concentration Camp 1937–1945 , volume accompanying the permanent historical exhibition, Göttingen 1999, pp. 305f
- ↑ Author collective: Buchenwald. Reminder and obligation. Documents and reports. Berlin 1983, p. 593
- ↑ Author collective: Buchenwald. Reminder and obligation. Documents and reports. Berlin 1983, p. 548
- ↑ Author collective: Buchenwald. Reminder and obligation. Documents and reports. Berlin 1983, p. 541
- ↑ Queryed June 28, 2011
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Veigel, Walter |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German resistance fighter (KPD) and state functionary (SED) |
| DATE OF BIRTH | November 1, 1908 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Grossgartach |
| DATE OF DEATH | November 1986 |