70 years ago on this
date, April 9, 1945, six German Resistance Members were executed by hanging at
Flossenbürg concentration camp. As the German Resistance had inspired the
comrades of Unit 1012, let us not forget them and remember them as heroes who
stood against evil.
We will post
information about one of the six, Theodor Strünck from
Wikipedia and other links.
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Theodor Strünck
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Theodor Strünck (7 April 1895, Pries - 9
April 1945, Flossenbürg concentration camp) was a German lawyer and resistance
worker, involved in the July 20 plot.
Life
Theodor
Strünck studied legal science, graduating at the University of Rostock in 1924, and became a
lawyer (later a director) at an insurance company. Initially sympathising with National Socialism,
he then turned to opposing the regime on their seizure of power and the
subsequent decline in the rule of law. In 1937 he became a Hauptmann in
Germany's reserve forces, working in the Wehrmacht
section of the AmtAusland/Abwehr under Hans Oster. He
came into contact with Carl Goerdeler and organised meetings of German
Resistance members in his own home.
For his
participation in the 20 July 1944 plot,
Theodor Strünck was arrested on 1 August, dishonourably discharged from the
army on 24 August as part of the "Ehrenhof" (so that the Reichskriegsgericht or Reich Courts Martial would
no longer have control of his sentencing), and on 10 October condemned to death
by the People's Court under its president Roland Freisler. He was then imprisoned in Flossenbürg concentration camp,
where he, Dietrich Bonhoeffer, Wilhelm Canaris, Ludwig
Gehre, Hans Oster and Karl Sack were executed together by hanging on
9 April 1945.
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