Martin Weise

Martin Weise
Martin Weise
	Portrait for Martin Weise taken from a Memorial plaque at 42 Jonasstrasse Berlin
Born	12 May 1903; Torgau
Died	15 November 1943 (aged 40); Brandenburg-Görden Prison
Cause of death	Guillotine
Nationality	German
Occupation	Journalist
Partner(s)	Baroness Frieda von Seidlitz

Martin Weise (12 May 1903 in Torgau; 15 November 1943 in Brandenburg-Görden Prison) was a German journalist, member of the Communist Party of Germany (KPD) and a resistance fighter against the Nazis during World War II.[1][2] From 1929 to 1934, Weiss published the socialist Die Rote Fahne newspaper.[2] He was arrested and sent to a concentration camp until 1939.[2] When he was released, he decided to resist and made contact with Wilhelm Guddorf and the Hamburg based group around Bernhard Bästlein and Robert Abshagen[1] He became associated with an anti-fascist resistance group that was run by Harro Schulze-Boysen and Arvid Harnack, that was later called the Red Orchestra by the Abwehr.[2]

Bibliography

Steinbach, Peter; Tuchel, Johannes; Adam, Ursula (1998). Lexikon des Widerstandes : 1933-1945. Beck'sche Reihe, Bd. 1061. (in German) (2nd Revised, expanded ed.). München: C.H. Beck. pp. 215–216. ISBN 9783406438615. OCLC 750843417.

"Martin Weise". Gedenkstätte Deutscher Widerstand. German Resistance Memorial Centre. Retrieved 28 April 2022.
"Weise, Martin". Bundesstiftung zur Aufarbeitung der SED-Diktatur (in German). Berlin: Karl Dietz Verlag. Retrieved 28 April 2022.

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