Hugo Eberlein

Hugo Eberlein (4 May 1887 – 16 October 1941) was a German Communist politician. He took part of the founding congress of the Communist Party of Germany (Dec-Jan 1919), and then in the First Congress of the Comintern (2–6 March 1919),[1] where he held important posts until 1928, the result of his involvement with the Conciliator faction.[2][3] When the Nazis took power in Germany in 1933, Eberlein fled to the Soviet Union, where he found refuge at the Hotel Lux.[2] In July 1937 he fell under the Stalinist terror. In January 1938 he was interrogated and tortured for ten days and nights. In April 1938 he was taken to Lefortovo Prison, where he was tortured for weeks at a time; then in 1939 he was sentenced to 15 years in the Vorkuta Gulag. He was returned to Moscow in 1941, when he was tried and sentenced again, and was shot on 16 October 1941.[2] Hugo Eberlein was later rehabilitated and became a national hero in East Germany; his name was even borne by a guard regiment of the National People's Army.

Hugo Eberlein
Personal details
Born4 May 1887
Died16 October 1941(1941-10-16) (aged 54)
Moscow, Soviet Union
Cause of deathFiring squad
NationalityGerman
Political partyCommunist Party of Germany
OccupationPolitician

References
  1. Hugo Eberlein: Erinnerung aus dem Jahr 1928 an seine abenteuerliche Reise nach Moskau zum Grünungskongress der Kommunistischen Internationale, document published in: Jahrbuch für Forschungen zur Geschichte der Arbeiterbewegung, No.III/2012, p.159.(in German)
  2. Hermann Weber, Hotel Lux - Die deutsche kommunistische Emigration in Moskau (PDF) Konrad-Adenauer-Stiftung No. 443 (October 2006), p. 58. Retrieved November 12, 2011 (in German)
  3. Hugo Eberlein biography DDR biographies. Retrieved July 18, 2011 (in German)
This article is issued from Wikipedia. The text is licensed under Creative Commons - Attribution - Sharealike. Additional terms may apply for the media files.