Herbert Baum

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Herbert Baum
Baum circa 1930
Born	(1912-02-10)10 February 1912 Moschin, Province of Posen, German Empire
Died	11 June 1942(1942-06-11) (aged 30) Berlin, Moabit Prison
Nationality	German
Occupation	Electrician
Spouse	Marianne Baum

Herbert Baum (February 10, 1912 – June 11, 1942) was a Jewish member of the German resistance against National Socialism. Baum organized a large network of resisters within Berlin. Most of these activists, like Baum, were Jewish and had backgrounds in the pre-1933 German-Jewish youth organizations, and most were affiliated with the German Communist Party (KPD), the Social Democratic Party (SPD), and/or their youth movements. While often described as a "Communist" (KPD) organization, in reality the Baum Group was a leftist organization (or network of small groups) that included socialists, anti-Stalinist leftists, some who were influenced by anarchism, and so on.