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Gerhard Benkowitz | |
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 Gerhard Benkowitz at his trial (1955) | |
| Born | 2 June 1923 Sudzhensk, Anzhero-Sudzhensk, Russian SFSR, Soviet Union |
| Died | 29 June 1955 (aged 32) Münchner Platz Prison, Dresden, East Germany |
| Cause of death | Execution by guillotine |
| Occupation | Political activist |
| Political party | LDPD (1946) SED (1948) |
| Spouse | Adeline Luise Lydia Erika Heise/Benkowitz (1927-2008) |
Gerhard Benkowitz (2 June 1923 – 29 June 1955) was a school teacher and a resistance activist against the one party dictatorship of the German Democratic Republic.[1] He was a member of the KgU ("Combat Group against Inhumanity") and became a victim of the epidemic of show trials that hit the country in the first half of the 1950s. He was executed in June 1955.[2]
- ^ Gerhard Finn (1996). Unrecht überwinden – SED-Diktatur und Widerstand: 38 Aktuelle Fragen der Politik (PDF). Konrad Adenauer Foundation. p. 23 et seq. ISBN 3-931-575-17-9. Retrieved 27 April 2015.
- ^ Ilko-Sascha Kowalczuk. "Benkowitz, Gerhard * 2.6.1923, † 29.6.1955 Widerstandskämpfer, Schauprozeßopfer" (in German). Bundesstiftung zur Aufarbeitung der SED-Diktatur: Biographische Datenbanken. Retrieved 27 April 2015.