Willi Fründt

Willi Fründt
Born(1909-07-25)July 25, 1909
Grabow, Grand Duchy of Mecklenburg-Schwerin, German Empire
DiedDecember 24, 1944(1944-12-24) (aged 35)
Neuengamme concentration camp, Hamburg, Nazi Germany
Political partyCommunist Party of Germany

Willi Fründt (25 July 1909 – 24 December 1944) was a German communist functionary from Grabow who was arrested by the Nazis as a result of Aktion Gitter after the failed 20 July plot.

Life

Fründt was born on 25 July 1909 in Grabow.[1] He had two brothers, Karl and Otto Fründt, with whom he became involved in the Communist Party of Germany (KPD) from a young age, engaging in confrontations with the Nazis during the Weimar Republic.[2] He worked as a watchmaker and continued his activism after 1933 through talking about politics with his customers as well as illegally distributing flyers in the town.[1]

The zeitzeuge Ingeborg Siegmund noted that Fründt often came to the Ziegelscheune inn where the community of Grabow frequently met for casual conversation (Klöschnack).[3]

Ha was arrested on 20 July 1944 as a result of Aktion Gitter after the failed 20 July plot. Following his arrest, Fründt was interned first at the Zuchthaus Dreibergen-Bützow from which he was transferred to the Neuengamme concentration camp where he was executed on 24 December 1944.[1][4][5][6]

Legacy

Two roads, one in Grabow and one in Prislich, were named after Fründt and a plaque commemorating him was installed by the road in Grabow.

References

  1. ^ a b c Puvogel, Ulrike; Endlich, Stefanie; Stankowski, Martin (1995). Gedenkstätten für die Opfer des Nationalsozialismus eine Dokumentation. Berlin, Brandenburg, Mecklenburg-Vorpommern, Sachsen-Anhalt, Sachsen, Thüringen (PDF) (in German). Bundeszentrale für Politische Bildung. p. 410. ISBN 9783893313914.
  2. ^ Jahnke, Karl Heinz (2006). Widerstand gegen die NS-Diktatur in Mecklenburg zur Erinnerung an die Frauen und Männer, die zwischen 1933 und 1945 ermordet wurden (in German). BS-Verlag. p. 104. ISBN 9783899542271.
  3. ^ Juden in Grabow (PDF) (in German). p. 4. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2016-12-01.
  4. ^ "Willi Fründt". grabow-erinnerungen.de. Archived from the original on 2021-06-20. Retrieved 2025-05-16.
  5. ^ Widerstand gegen das NS-Regime in den Regionen Mecklenburg und Vorpommern (PDF) (in German). Schwerin: Friedrich Ebert Foundation. 2007. p. 101.
  6. ^ Lins, Ulrich (1986). NIEBEZPIECZNY JĘZYK - Poligis Danuta Kowalska (PDF) (in Polish). p. 36.
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