Maaß worked as general manager of the Reich Committee of German Youth Associations (Reichsausschuß der deutschen Jugendverbände). After the Nazis seized power in 1933 he lost this position because all youth organizations were forced to conform to the party line. Maaß now became a close associate of Wilhelm Leuschner, the former minister of the interior of the People's State of Hesse.[1]
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hermann, maaß, october, 1897, october, 1944, german, member, resistance, against, nazi, régime, born, 1897, october, 1897bromberg, province, posen, german, empire, modern, bydgoszcz, poland, died20, october, 1944, 1944, aged, plötzensee, prison, berlin, nazi, . Hermann Maass 23 October 1897 20 October 1944 was a German member of the Resistance against the Nazi regime Hermann MaassBorn 1897 10 23 23 October 1897Bromberg Province of Posen German Empire modern Bydgoszcz Poland Died20 October 1944 1944 10 20 aged 46 Plotzensee Prison Berlin Nazi GermanyCause of deathExecution by hangingNationalityGermanPolitical partySocial Democratic Party of GermanySpouseEva MaassChildren6Biography EditMaass was born in Bromberg Province of Posen German Empire modern Bydgoszcz Poland he volunteered for the German Army in World War I and was wounded in a gas attack in 1918 After the war he studied philosophy psychology and sociology at the Humboldt University of Berlin and the political science institute Hochschule fur Politik 1 Maass worked as general manager of the Reich Committee of German Youth Associations Reichsausschuss der deutschen Jugendverbande After the Nazis seized power in 1933 he lost this position because all youth organizations were forced to conform to the party line Maass now became a close associate of Wilhelm Leuschner the former minister of the interior of the People s State of Hesse 1 Maass turned down a teaching position at the Harvard University to continue his fight against National Socialism from within Germany 1 He organized resistance among former labor unionists and had close contact to the Kreisau Circle of Helmuth James Graf von Moltke Peter Yorck von Wartenburg and Adam von Trott zu Solz In the autumn of 1943 Maass met Claus von Stauffenberg at his home 2 Adolf Reichwein co defendant of Maass at the Volksgerichtshof After the failure of Stauffenberg s attempt to kill Hitler Maass was arrested on 8 August 1944 and imprisoned at Ravensbruck concentration camp He was charged at the Volksgerichtshof for his involvement in the resistance movement next to Adolf Reichwein Julius Leber and Gustav Dahrendorf 3 Maass Reichwein and Leber were sentenced to death on 20 October 1944 with Maass and Reichwein executed the same day at 3 40 p m at Plotzensee prison 4 His 43 year old wife died of pneumonia 5 weeks after his death they left behind 6 underage children 2 References Edit a b c Biography at Memorial to the German Resistance a b Im Geiste bleibe ich bei Euch Sueddeutsche Zeitung 18 July 2003 in German Dahrendorf Sir Ralf 2002 Uber Grenzen Lebenserinnerungen in German C H Beck p 43 ISBN 3 406 49338 6 Adolf Reichwein Reformpadagoge Erwachsenenbildner und Museumspadagoge Widerstandskampfer gegen das nationalsozialistische Regime in German Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Hermann Maass amp oldid 1113496790, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
