Friedrich Aue (27 July 1896 – 27 November 1944) was a German

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fighter against the regime of

Nazi Germany Nazi Germany (lit. "National Socialist State"), ' (lit. "Nazi State") for short; also ' (lit. "National Socialist Germany") (officially known as the German Reich from 1933 until 1943, and the Greater German Reich from 1943 to 1945) was ...

. Aue was a locksmith from Dodendorf (a part of

Sülzetal Sülzetal is a Municipalities in Germany, municipality in the Börde (district), Börde Districts of Germany, district in Saxony-Anhalt, Germany. It is situated on the creek Sülze (Elbe), Sülze, a tributary of the Elbe, about southwest of Magdeb ...

Prussian Saxony The Province of Saxony (german: link=no, Provinz Sachsen), also known as Prussian Saxony () was a province of the Kingdom of Prussia and later the Free State of Prussia from 1816 until 1944. Its capital was Magdeburg. It was formed by the merge ...

. In 1925 he joined the

Communist Party of Germany The Communist Party of Germany (german: Kommunistische Partei Deutschlands, , KPD ) was a major political party in the Weimar Republic between 1918 and 1933, an underground resistance movement in Nazi Germany, and a minor party in West German ...

(KPD). After

Adolf Hitler Adolf Hitler (; 20 April 188930 April 1945) was an Austrian-born German politician who was dictator of Nazi Germany, Germany from 1933 until Death of Adolf Hitler, his death in 1945. Adolf Hitler's rise to power, He rose to power as the le ...

seized power in 1933, Aue became involved in the resistance to Nazi rule. In February 1944, he was arrested by the

Gestapo The (), abbreviated Gestapo (; ), was the official secret police of Nazi Germany and in German-occupied Europe. The force was created by Hermann Göring in 1933 by combining the various political police agencies of Prussia into one organi ...

. Aue was sentenced to death on 25 October 1944. The sentence was carried out at the labour prison Zuchthaus Brandenburg in Brandenburg an der Havel. The city of

Magdeburg Magdeburg (; nds, label=Low Saxon, Meideborg ) is the capital and second-largest city of the German state Saxony-Anhalt. The city is situated at the Elbe river. Otto I, the first Holy Roman Emperor and founder of the Archdiocese of Magdebur ...

has named a street, Friedrich-Aue-Straße, in his honour.

References

* Ingelore Buchholz, ''Was Magdeburger Straßennamen erzählen'', c.1983, Hrsg. SED-Stadtleitung Magdeburg. 1896 births 1944 deaths People from Börde (district) Executed communists in the German Resistance German resistance members German communists People from the Province of Saxony People who died in Brandenberg concentration camp Resistance members who died in Nazi concentration camps German civilians killed in World War II People from Saxony-Anhalt executed in Nazi concentration camps {{Authority control