Werner Illmer
Werner Illmer (born June 6, 1914 in Berlin , † July 28, 1944 in Amalias / Peloponnese ( Greece )) was a German communist resistance fighter , member of the penalty battalion 999 and partisan , who fell victim to the Nazi regime .
Life
Illmer was one of five children in a working class family in Berlin. After his father's death, he grew up with his mother and four siblings. As a teenager he joined the Communist Youth Association (KJVD). He retained his communist convictions after the transfer of power to the NSDAP and took an active part in the fight against fascism . He was therefore sentenced to four and a half years in prison in 1935 .
During the Second World War he was drafted into the penalty battalion 999, with which he was sent to Greece. In January 1944 he deserted and joined the Greek partisans, so that he now belonged to the " Association of German Antifascists in the Peloponnese ". In July 1944 he was shot and wounded captured by a Wehrmacht patrol . A little later he was shot by a firing squad.
memory
Since 1978 the youth hostel of today's youth development organization in Berlin has been called "Werner Illmer youth hostel".
A memorial plaque with a portrait drawing of the honoree was attached there and removed after 1990. The whereabouts are unknown.
Web links
- Werner Illmer in the DRAFD Wiki
Individual evidence
- ↑ https://web2.cylex.de/firma-home/jugendaufbauwerk-berlin-anstalt-des-oefflichen-rechts--jaw---jugendwohnheim-werner-illmer-6153583.html
- ↑ https://www.gedenkenafeln-in-berlin.de/nc/gedenkenafeln/gedenkenafel-beispiel/tid/werner-illmer/
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Illmer, Werner |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German communist resistance fighter and victim of Nazi military justice |
| DATE OF BIRTH | June 6, 1914 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Berlin |
| DATE OF DEATH | July 28, 1944 |
| Place of death | Amalias / Peloponnese (Greece) |