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Paul Jungmann * 1905

Hülsenstieg 5 (Harburg, Marmstorf)

HIER WOHNTE
PAUL JUNGMANN
JG. 1905
IM WIDERSTAND
VERRHAFTET 1934
1935 ZUCHTHAUS CELLE
1943 STRAFBATAILLON 999
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Paul Jungmann, born on 1 Nov. 1905 in Bebitz (Saalekreis District), drafted into the 999th Division Probation Battalion (Bewährungsbatallion Division 999), missing since spring of 1945, declared dead as of 1961

Marmstorf quarter, Hülsenstieg 5

The mason Paul Jungmann married Alice Fürst, born on 23 Dec. 1905 in Harburg. The couple first lived in Marmstorf and moved to Buxtehuder Strasse 17 in Harburg in 1933.

Paul Jungmann had become a member of the German Communist Party (KPD) in 1932. In 1933, he joined the resistance. He belonged to the Heimfeld Group (Heimfelder Gruppe) around Kurt Hüllner and was a treasurer there. Funds were generated through the sale of illegal papers such as the Norddeutsche Zeitung (later: Arbeiterzeitung), and through donations for the "Red Aid” ("Rote Hilfe”). The groups received orders from the Harburg-Wilhelmsburg KPD subdistrict leadership under the direction of Erich Meyer as political leader (further details on this in the entry on Robert Homeyer).

The wave of arrests in the summer of 1934 also affected the Heimfelder Group with Paul Jungmann. From 7 July 1934 until 16 Apr. 1935, Jungmann was held in pretrial detention in the Harburg court prison and then in the Altona court prison. On 2 May 1935, he stood trial before the Court of Appeal in Berlin (Kammergericht Berlin), which was in session in Altona (Indictment E). He was sentenced to three years in a penitentiary for "preparation to high treason” ("Vorbereitung zum Hochverrat”). He served his sentence in the Celle penitentiary until 2 Aug. 1937.

His wife divorced him and moved to Buxtehuder Strasse 67. After his release, Paul Jungmann got married again, to Anni Peters, born on 4 Nov. 1911 in Metzendorf, District of Harburg. They had two daughters, Gisela, born on 5 Nov. 1939, and Margret, born on 5 Jan. 1941. In Aug. 1939, the family moved to Heimstättenweg 1 in Hamburg-Marmstorf. The last residential address (in 1943) was Heideweg 5 (today: Hülsenstieg).

On 15 July 1943, Paul Jungmann was drafted into the 999th Division Probation Battalion (Bewährungsbatallion Division 999) and deployed in southeastern Europe (see entry on Fritz Dringelburg). His last message arrived in the spring of 1945 from Croatia. Since then, he was considered missing. On 26 Apr. 1961, the Harburg District Court (Amtsgericht) declared him dead.

Translator: Erwin Fink

Kindly supported by the Hermann Reemtsma Stiftung, Hamburg.

Stand: October 2016
© Hans-Joachim Meyer

Quellen: VVN-BdA Harburg (Hrsg.), Die anderen, s. Personenverzeichnis; StaH, 332-8 Meldewesen, A46; StaH, 351-11, AfW, Wilhelm Lührsen; StaH, Adressbücher Harburg-Wilhelmsburg und Hamburg.