Wilhelm Thews
Wilhelm Richard Otto Thews (born June 10, 1910 in Kiel , † February 8, 1943 in Plötzensee ) was a German communist resistance fighter against the Nazi regime .
Life
Wilhelm Thews attended high schools in Kiel and Berlin. Then he started an apprenticeship as a carpenter . After studying at the Berlin building trade school , he was employed as a civil engineering technician. At first still nationally oriented, he joined the "Young National Federation". In 1931 he became a member of the " Stahlhelm ", in 1932 he became a member of the SA . During this time he maintained close contacts with communists , who won him over to work in the anti-military apparatus (AM apparatus). After power was transferred to the NSDAP in 1933 , he became a member of the illegal Communist Party of Germany (KPD). In 1934 he went to Moscow and became a student at the Comintern's Marxism School under the code name "Friedrich Wehnert". In 1935 he returned to Germany via Scandinavia and was employed as a site manager for the construction of the Reichsautobahn . During this time he also worked intensively for the defensive work of the KPD. In August 1936 he settled on the CSSR to Spain , where he was the XI. International Brigade to Fight the Franco Regime . He also worked as a trainer for the Chapayev battalion at an officers' school . In 1939 he was arrested and interned in France . After the defeat of France by the Wehrmacht , he joined a work company, where he made contact with the French intelligence service . After the armistice was concluded, he was interned in various camps. Now he wanted to flee to Spain, but was arrested on July 12, 1941 while crossing the border and was taken to a French camp. On October 25, 1941, he was extradited to the Nazi authorities. On November 2, 1942, he was indicted by the People's Court and sentenced to death. On February 3, 1943, he was executed with the guillotine in Plötzensee .
literature
- Thews, Wilhelm Richard Otto In: Hermann Weber , Andreas Herbst : German communists. Biographical Handbook 1918 to 1945 . 2nd, revised and greatly expanded edition. Karl Dietz, Berlin 2008, ISBN 978-3-320-02130-6 .
- Center for political beauty (ed.): To posterity. Latest news and testimonials from Nazi victims against forgetting , p. 46, 2019 Berlin, ISBN 978-3-00-064453-5
Web links
- Farewell letter to parents on literarischebriefe.de
Individual evidence
- ^ Thews, Wilhelm Richard Otto In German Communists
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Thews, Wilhelm |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Thews, Wilhelm Richard Otto |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German party functionary of the KPD |
| DATE OF BIRTH | June 10, 1910 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Kiel |
| DATE OF DEATH | February 8, 1943 |
| Place of death | Plötzensee |