Innenstadt I in Frankfurt am Main, Hesse, Germany — Central Europe

Johanna Kirchner

Photographed By Andrew Ruppenstein, November 22, 2016

1. Johanna Kirchner Marker

Inscription.
Johanna Kirchner
Geboren am 24.4.1889 in Frankfurt am Main
Hingerichtet am 9.6.1944 in Berlin-Plötzensee
Den Frankfurter
Bürgerinnen und Bürgern
Die der
Barbarei
Des Nationalsozialismus
Widerstand
Entgegensetzten
8. Mai 1992

Stadt Frankfurt am Main

[English Translation:]

Johanna Kirchner
Born on April 24, 1899 in Frankfurt am Main
Executed on June 6, 1944 in Berlin-Ploetzensee
To the citizens of Frankfurt
that opposed the Nazi barbarism
through resistance!
May 8, 1992

The City of Frankfurt am Main

Erected 1992 by Stadt Frankfurt am Main.

Topics. This memorial is listed in these topic lists: Law Enforcement • War, World II • Women.

Location. 50° 6.679′ N, 8° 40.826′ E. Marker is in Innenstadt I, Hessen (Hesse), in Frankfurt am Main. Memorial is at the intersection of Berlinerstrasse and Paulusplatz, on the right when traveling east on Berlinerstrasse. Touch for map. Marker is at or near this postal address: Paulusplatz 11, Innenstadt I HE 60311, Germany. Touch for directions.

Other nearby markers. At least 8 other markers are within walking distance of this marker. Mahnmal für den Widerstand gegen NS-Terror / Memorial for the Resistance Against Nazi Terror (here,

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next to this marker); Democracy and the Gymnastics Movement (a few steps from this marker); Heinrich von Gagern (within shouting distance of this marker); Altes Rathaus - Old Town Hall (within shouting distance of this marker); Walter Kolb (within shouting distance of this marker); Theodor Heuss (within shouting distance of this marker); John F. Kennedy Spoke Here (within shouting distance of this marker); Pre-Parliament and the National Assembly (within shouting distance of this marker). Touch for a list and map of all markers in Innenstadt I.

Also see . . . Johanna Kirchner (Wikipedia). Johanna "Hanna" Kirchner...was a German opponent of the Nazi régime....In 1933, Adolf Hitler came to power, and the dedicated anti-fascist had to go underground, as her help in freeing an anti-Nazi from the Gestapo became known, leading to the danger of her possible arrest. She fled, without her family, to Saarbrücken, which was then still under League of Nations administration....When the Second World War broke out in 1939, Kirchner fled to Forbach, Metz (both
Photographed By Andrew Ruppenstein, November 22, 2016

2. Johanna Kirchner Marker - Wide View
The marker is mounted on the Berlinerstrasse side of the Pauluskirche (St. Paul's Church), next to the Mahnmal für die Opfer des Nationalsozialistischen Terrors (Memorial for the Victims of Nazi Terror).
in Alsace-Lorraine, France), and then finally Paris....In 1942, Kirchner was arrested by the Vichy Régime and handed over to the Gestapo. She was sentenced to ten years' hard labour for treason, the first year of which she spent in a prison in Cottbus....Kirchner's case was brought back before the Volksgerichtshof in 1944. This time, Roland Freisler, the Chief Justice at the Volksgerichtshof, sentenced her to death, and she was beheaded at Plötzensee Prison in Berlin. The judgment accused Kirchner of having "treasonably rooted herself in the evilest Marxist high-treason propaganda"....."Keep Goethe's words in mind," wrote Kirchner in a letter to her children on the day of her death, "'Die and become'. Don't cry for me. I believe in a better future for you." (Submitted on December 9, 2016.)

Credits. This page was last revised on February 22, 2023. It was originally submitted on December 9, 2016, by Andrew Ruppenstein of Lamorinda, California. This page has been viewed 574 times since then and 19 times this year. Photos: 1, 2. submitted on December 9, 2016, by Andrew Ruppenstein of Lamorinda, California.