Stolperstein Karl Springer, Bochum, Germany, NW - Stolpersteine on Waymarking.com

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Im Herbst 1936 gelang es der Gestapo die Bochumer Widerstandsgruppe zu zerschlagen. In der „Hochverratssache gegen Springer und andere“ wurden insgesamt 48 Männer und 2 Frauen aus Bochum, Wattenscheid und Essen verhaftet. Bei den Verhören durch die Gestapo im Bochumer Polizeipräsidium wurden brutalste Methoden angewendet. Karl Springer wurde von Gestapo-Beamten schwer gefoltert und misshandelt. Sein Schwager Hermann Senff konnte in seiner Zelle die Schreie von Karl Springer hören. Die erlittenen Misshandlungen waren so schwer, dass Karl Springer am 18. Oktober 1936 im Bochumer Polizeigefängnis verstarb.

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English version:
In the fall of 1936, the Gestapo was able to break Bochum's resistance group. In the "high treason case against Springer and other" total of 48 men and 2 women from Bochum Wattenscheid and Essen were arrested. During interrogations by the Gestapo at the Bochum police headquarters brutal methods were used. Karl Springer was severely tortured and abused by Gestapo officials. His brother Hermann Senff could hear the screams of Karl Springer in his cell. The abuses suffered were so heavy that Karl Springer died October, 18 1936 in Bochum police jail.

Year/Jahrgang: 10/18/1938 Deported to: Polizeipräsidium Bochum / police presidium Bochum

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