Beheadings in the Third Reich
Ladislav Vlčnovský
Ladislav Vlčnovský was beheaded in Pankrac prison on 20 February 1944 for listening to forbidden foreign radio stations.
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Jaroslav Výtvar
Jaroslav Výtvar was beheaded in Pankrac prison on 16 September 1943 at 1636 hours for listening to forbidden foreign radio stations.
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Miroslav Zajíc
Miroslav Zajíc was beheaded in Pankrac prison on 16 September 1943 at 1634 hours for listening to forbidden foreign radio stations.
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Zdeněk Zapletal
Zdeněk Zapletal was beheaded in Pankrac prison on 21 April 1945 for listening to forbidden foreign radio stations.
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Petr Zelinka
Petr Zelinka was beheaded in Pankrac prison on 17 November 1943 at 1636 hours for listening to forbidden foreign radio stations and for illegal possession of weapons.
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Note: Starting sometime in 1944, Pankrac prison executioner Alois Weiss no longer noted the exact execution time of his victims in his notebook. Therefore, execution times for most people beheaded in 1944 and in 1945 are simply given as "1600 hours" which was the usual starting time for individual execution sessions in Pankrac prison.
Photos blocked in above posts
If you cannot see the photos posted in the posts above, this is the link to the web site. It is in Czech language.
http://www.fronta.cz/dotaz/trest-smrti- ... o-rozhlasu
http://www.fronta.cz/dotaz/trest-smrti- ... o-rozhlasu
The case of František Ryšavý
This article describes how one of the unfortunates, Frantisek Rysavy ended up being beheaded in Pankrac prison for the crime of making short wave receiver parts and listening to foreign radio stations. After he was arrested and when being transferred to Olomouc Gestapo headquarters for interrogation, his captors who were the Czech police, urged him to escape and said that they would try to cover it up, but he refused thinking that the worst that could happen would be a fine. He was dead wrong. They cruelly interrogated him and then beheaded him on 4 April 1945 at the age of 32. Less than a month before WWII ended. He left behind his wife and two small children, age 4 and 6.
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František Ryšavý
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František Ryšavý
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Another photo of Dresden fallbeil
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Note: This may not be an actual faillbeil - perhaps only a Tegel model fallbeil placed in front of the Munchner Platz, Dresden execution yard photo in the back.
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Lorenz Poketz
Lorenz Poketz was guillotined in Graz on 13 September 1943.
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Google translation:Der Steirer Lorenz Poketz, 1938 kurz inhaftiert und verwarnt, gründete 1940 gemeinsam mit Franz Strohmeier und Johann Stelzer die "Rote Gewerkschaft" mit Zellen in vielen Grazer Betrieben. Die Gruppe sammelte Unterstützungsbeiträge für die Angehörigen von Verhafteten und verbreitete ab 1942 Flugblätter ("Der Rote Sturm"). Poketz wurde im August 1943 verhaftet und am 17. Juni 1943 vom Volksgerichtshof zum Tode verurteilt. Das Urteil wurde am 13. September 1943 in Graz vollstreckt.
http://www.doew.at/cms/download/48h1s/19793_138.pdf
The Styrian Lorenz Poketz, who was briefly imprisoned and warned in 1938, founded in 1940, together with Franz Strohmeier and Johann Stelzer, the "Rote Gewerkschaft" with cells in many Graz factories. The group collected support contributions for the relatives of the arrested and spread from 1942 flyers ( "The Red Storm"). Poketz was arrested in August 1943 and sentenced to death on 17 June 1943 by the People's Court. The judgment was executed on 13 September 1943 in Graz.
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Franz Strohmeier
Franz Strohmeier was guillotined in Graz on 13 September 1943.
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Google translation:Der Steirer Franz Strohmeier gründete 1940 gemeinsam mit Lorenz Poketz und Johann Stelzer die "Rote Gewerkschaft" mit Zellen in vielen Grazer Betrieben. Die Gruppe sammelte Unterstützungsbeiträge für die Angehörigen von Verhafteten und verbreitete ab 1942 Flugblätter ("Der Rote Sturm"). Strohmeier wurde am 17. Juni 1943 vom Volksgerichtshof zum Tode verurteilt. Das Urteil wurde am 13. September 1943 in Graz vollstreckt.
The Styrian Franz Strohmeier founded in 1940, together with Lorenz Poketz and Johann Stelzer, the "Rote Gewerkschaft" with cells in many Graz factories. The group collected support contributions for the relatives of the arrested and spread from 1942 flyers ( "The Red Storm"). Strohmeier was sentenced to death on 17 June 1943 by the People's Court. The judgment was executed on 13 September 1943 in Graz.
Johann Strasser
Johann Strasser was guillotined in Graz on 13 September 1943.
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Google translation:Der Grazer Johann Strasser gehörte der steirischen Widerstandsorganisation "Rote Gewerkschaft" an. Er wurde am 17. Juni 1943 vom Volksgerichtshof zum Tode verurteilt und am 13. September 1943 in Graz hingerichtet.
The Grazer Johann Strasser belonged to the Styrian resistance organization "Red Trade Union". He was sentenced to death on June 17, 1943, and executed in Graz on 13 September 1943.
The case of Cyril Rozsypal and his family
Cyril Rozsypal, his wife Filomena Rozsypalova, and their daughter Marie Sochorova were all sentenced to death by the German Court in Uherske Hradiste (Protectorate of Bohemia and Moravia) for providing a place to stay to Czech paratroopers Vojtech Lukastik and Ludvik Cupal in the city of Chropyně. They were then transferred to Vienna, and there they were beheaded at Vienna Regional Court on 30 June 1943. Marie Sochorova was 31 years old and left behind two children. Her husband Josef Sochor was sentenced to life imprisonment, but survived the war.
Their case is described on page 17 of the linked document (City of Chropyně newspaper).
http://www.muchropyne.cz/content/files/ ... 004_05.pdf
http://www.doew.at/cms/download/62odp/4 ... _cyril.pdf
http://www.doew.at/cms/download/124e9/4 ... lomena.pdf
Their case is described on page 17 of the linked document (City of Chropyně newspaper).
http://www.muchropyne.cz/content/files/ ... 004_05.pdf
http://www.doew.at/cms/download/62odp/4 ... _cyril.pdf
http://www.doew.at/cms/download/124e9/4 ... lomena.pdf
V noci z 29. na 30. 4. 1942 vysadilo anglické letadlo parašutisty, mezi nimi i desátníka Vojtěcha Lukaštíka. V druhém roji byl rotný Ludvík Cupal. Vojtěch Lukaštík a Ludvík Cupal přicestovali dne 5. 5. 1942 do Chropyně. Ubytovali se u manželů Rozsypalových, kteří bydleli na Drahách. Cyril Rozsypal byl strýcem Lukaštíka. Marie Sochorová byla dcerou Rozsypalových. Byla provdána za Josefa Sochora, ul. Berniska. Všichni shora jmenovaní poskytovali těmto parašutistům ubytování, stravování a šatstvo. Pravděpodobně na základě udání v červenci 1942 byla provedena prohlídka u manželů Rozsypalových. Parašutistům se podařilo uprchnout do lesa Rasina. I další prohlídka byla bez výsledku. Proto se parašutisté přestěhovali v říjnu 1942 do buchlovských lesů. Zde se zdržovali až do ledna 1943. Na základě udání byla obec Jankovice dne 8. 1. 1943 obklíčena gestapem a při přestřelce byl Lukaštík postřelen. Když však viděl, že jeho útěk je nemožný, sám se zastřelil.
Podle korespondence nalezené u Lukaštíka došlo k prozrazení celé rodiny a dne 12. 11. 1943 zatklo gestapo Filomenu Rozsypalovou a dne 14. 1. 1943 jejího manžela Cyrila, jejich dceru Marii Sochorovou a jejího manžela Josefa.
Dne 17. 3. 1943 byl jim a ještě jiným zatčeným u německého soudu v Uherském Hradišti přečten rozsudek, podle kterého se Rozsypal, Rozsypalová a Sochorová odsuzují k trestu smrti a Josef Sochor byl odsouzen k doživotnímu žaláři. Všichni odsouzení byli pak převezeni do Vídně a dne 30. 6. 1943 byl rozsudek smrti vykonán. Josef Sochor byl po útrapách v koncentračních táborech osvobozen ve Zwickau americkou armádou v květnu 1945 a 23. 5. 1945 se vrátil do Chropyně.
Gertrude Müller
Gertrude Müller was guillotined at Vienna Regional Court on 11 January 1944 at the age of 27.
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Translated by google:Die Kontoristin Gertrude Müller war als Funktionärin am Aufbau des Kommunistischen Jugendverbands in Wien beteiligt und wirkte bei der Vervielfältigung und Verbreitung von Flugschriften mit. Sie wurde wegen "Vorbereitung zum Hochverrat" vom Volksgerichtshof zum Tode verurteilt und am 11. 1. 1944 im Landesgericht Wien hingerichtet.
The accountant Gertrude Müller was involved as a functionary in the formation of the Communist Youth Association in Vienna and contributed to the duplication and dissemination of flyers. She was sentenced to death by the People's Court for "preparation for high treason" and was executed at the regional court of Vienna on 11 January 1944.
Hermine Lohninger
Hermine Lohninger (right in the photo) was guillotined at Vienna Regional Court on 2 August 1944.
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Translated by google:Die Linzer Volksschullehrerin Hermine Lohninger (rechts), Mitglied des katholischen Lehrervereins, äußerte sich wiederholt gegen das NS-Regime. Sie wurde am 6. Juni 1944 wegen "Wehrkraftzersetzung" vom Oberlandesgericht Wien zum Tode verurteilt und am 2. August 1944 im Wiener Landesgericht hingerichtet. Laut Eintrag im Sterbebuch der Gefangenenseelsorge im Wiener Landesgericht waren ihre letzten Worte: "Ich sterbe für meinen Glauben."
The student teacher of the lower secondary school, Hermine Lohninger (right), a member of the Catholic teachers' school, repeatedly expressed her opinion against the Nazi regime. On June 6, 1944, she was sentenced to death by the Oberlandesgericht Vienna for "the destruction of the German army" and was executed on August 2nd, 1944, at the Vienna Regional Court. According to the entry in the death book of imprisonment in the Viennese regional court, her last words were: "I am dying for my faith."