Hermine Zaynard

Hermine Zaynard
Born
Hermine Schwarzer

26 May 1913
Vienna, Austro-Hungarian empire
Died19 November 1943
Vienna District Court house (execution cell), "Groß-Wien", Germany
Occupation(s)Technical draftswoman
Youth activist
Communist activist
Anti-government resistance activist
Known forthe circumstances of her execution
Political partyKPÖ
SpouseLeopold Zatnard (1916-1943)
Childrennone
Parents
  • Heinrich Theodor Schwarzer (father)
  • Hermine Schwarzer-Ott (mother)

Hermine Zaynard (born Hermine Schwarzer: 26 May 1913 - 19 November 1943) was an Austrian technical draftswomen who became a political activist, working with the Young Communists under Austro-Fascism. After Austria's incorporation into Hitler's new Germany in 1938, and the country's inclusion in the war which broke out the next year, she became an anti-government resistance activist. On 30 September 1943 Hermine Zaynard was convicted and sentenced by the special "People's Court" in Vienna. Her execution took place by decapitation, using the guillotine that had been installed at the Vienna District Court house five years earlier.[1][2][3][4]

  1. ^ "Hermine Zaynard-Schwarzer: 26.5.1913-19.11.1943". This source includes a small photoportrait of Hermine Zaynard. Alfred Klahr Gesellschaft (Verein zur Erforschung der Geschichte der Arbeiterbewegung), Wien. Retrieved 26 March 2021.
  2. ^ "Hermine Zaynard-Schwarzer: Technische Zeichnerin. Widerstandskämpferin gegen das NS-Regime. Hingerichtet. * 1913 † 1943". Zur Erinerung. FIRSTMEDIA network GmbH & Verein “Zur Erinnerung”. Retrieved 26 March 2021.
  3. ^ "Sterbefall" (PDF). Statistusches Amt für die Alpen- und Donau- Reichsgaue Wien I, Neue Burg. November 1943. Retrieved 26 March 2021.
  4. ^ "Gedenktafeln mit Namen von 536 Hingerichteten .... 1943". Weihestätte (ehemaliger Hinrichtungsraum). Forschungsstelle Nachkriegsjustiz c/o DÖW, Wien. Retrieved 27 March 2021.