75 years ago on October 27th, 1942, Helmuth Hübener was executed for opposing the Third Reich. Helmuth and his three friends, Karl-Heinz Schnibbe, Rudolf Wobbe and Gerhardt Dewer were the youngest opponents of the Nazis, Hübener being the youngest executed.
The Hübener Group was founded and operated within Hamburg, Germany. Using only a shortwave radio and a typewriter that Hübener borrowed from his LDS branch, the Hübener Group wrote and distributed several different leaflets throughout Hamburg.
In January 1942, Helmuth was hoping to translate several leaflets into French when an acquaintance denounced him. On February 5th, 1942 Hübener was arrested by the Gestapo and after several days of torture Schnibbe and Wobbe were also arrested. On August 11th, 1942 Hübener, Wobbe and Schnibbe stood trial before the infamous People's Court (appearing before the court was equivalent to a death sentence) where Schnibbe and Wobbe were sentenced to 5 to 10 years in concentration camps and Hübener was sentenced to death.
On October 27th, 1942 Hübener was executed by guillotine. 50 years later, Rudolf Wobbe lost his battle with cancer on January 31st, 1992 and 18 years later, Karl-Heinz Schnibbe died from Parkinson's Disease in May 10th, 2010. It was also noted that Schnibbe experienced pain in his knees from the brutality he experienced in Nazi concentration camps.
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Links for further research:
1. http://www.hamburg.de/personalamt/helmuth-huebener-ausstellung/
2. http://www.gdw-berlin.de/en/recess/biographies/index_of_persons/biographie/view-bio/helmuth-huebener/?no_cache=1
3. https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=r3kV_tfzHC4 (This is the documentary about Helmuth Hübener, Truth and Conviction).
The Hübener Group was founded and operated within Hamburg, Germany. Using only a shortwave radio and a typewriter that Hübener borrowed from his LDS branch, the Hübener Group wrote and distributed several different leaflets throughout Hamburg.
In January 1942, Helmuth was hoping to translate several leaflets into French when an acquaintance denounced him. On February 5th, 1942 Hübener was arrested by the Gestapo and after several days of torture Schnibbe and Wobbe were also arrested. On August 11th, 1942 Hübener, Wobbe and Schnibbe stood trial before the infamous People's Court (appearing before the court was equivalent to a death sentence) where Schnibbe and Wobbe were sentenced to 5 to 10 years in concentration camps and Hübener was sentenced to death.
On October 27th, 1942 Hübener was executed by guillotine. 50 years later, Rudolf Wobbe lost his battle with cancer on January 31st, 1992 and 18 years later, Karl-Heinz Schnibbe died from Parkinson's Disease in May 10th, 2010. It was also noted that Schnibbe experienced pain in his knees from the brutality he experienced in Nazi concentration camps.
The Hübener Group.
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Helmuth Hübener in Gestapo custody.
Links for further research:
1. http://www.hamburg.de/personalamt/helmuth-huebener-ausstellung/
2. http://www.gdw-berlin.de/en/recess/biographies/index_of_persons/biographie/view-bio/helmuth-huebener/?no_cache=1
3. https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=r3kV_tfzHC4 (This is the documentary about Helmuth Hübener, Truth and Conviction).
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