Willi Fründt
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Willi Fründt | |
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| Born | July 25, 1909 |
| Died | December 24, 1944 (aged 35) |
| Political party | Communist Party of Germany |
Willi Fründt (25 July 1909 – 24 December 1944) was a German communist functionary from Grabow who was arrested by the Nazis as a result of Aktion Gitter after the failed 20 July plot.
Fründt was born on 25 July 1909 in Grabow.[1] He had two brothers, Karl and Otto Fründt, with whom he became involved in the Communist Party of Germany (KPD) from a young age, engaging in confrontations with the Nazis during the Weimar Republic.[2] He worked as a watchmaker and continued his activism after 1933 through talking about politics with his customers as well as illegally distributing flyers in the town.[1]
The zeitzeuge Ingeborg Siegmund noted that Fründt often came to the Ziegelscheune inn where the community of Grabow frequently met for casual conversation (Klöschnack).[3]
He was arrested on 20 July 1944 as a result of Aktion Gitter after the failed 20 July plot to assassinate Adolph Hitler. Following his arrest, Fründt was interned first at the Zuchthaus Dreibergen-Bützow from which he was transferred to the Neuengamme concentration camp where he was executed on 24 December 1944.[1][4][5][6]