Heinz Joachim

Heinz Joachim
Born
Heinz Günther Joachim

(1919-12-13)13 December 1919
Berlin, Weimar Republic
Died18 August 1942(1942-08-18) (aged 22)
Plötzensee Prison, Berlin, Nazi Germany
Cause of deathExecution
OccupationMusic student
Known forAnti-Nazi resistance
Spouse
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(m. 1941)​

Heinz Günther Joachim (13 December 1919 – 18 August 1942) was a German music student. He played the clarinet. In 1941 he became involved with an anti-government resistance group. He was arrested at work on 22 May 1942 and murdered/executed at Plötzensee Prison on 18 August 1942.[1][2]

Heinz Joachim and his family were Jewish. His wife and his father were also killed under government auspices during the Hitler years. His mother and four younger brothers survived the Holocaust, however. After 1945 they moved to Uruguay and, supported by relatives there, started new lives.[3]

  1. ^ "Heinz Günther Joachim: 13. Dezember 1919 – 18. August 1942". Gedenkstätte Deutscher Widerstand, Berlin. Retrieved 4 January 2020.
  2. ^ "Marianne Joachim letter, 1942–1943" (PDF). United States Holocaust Memorial Museum Archives, Washington, DC. Retrieved 4 January 2020.[permanent dead link]
  3. ^ Toralf Schenk (2005). Von Boxhandschuhen und Schokolade – unser Zeitzeuge Manfred Joachim. Staatliches Seminar für das Lehramt an Grundschulen und für das Lehramt an Förderschulen, Leipzig. ISBN 978-3-6406-9509-6. Retrieved 4 January 2020. {{cite book}}: |work= ignored (help)