John Sieg (February 3, 1903 – October 15, 1942) was an American-born German Communist railroad worker, journalist and resistance fighter, who publicized Nazi atrocities through the underground Communist press and fought against National Socialism in the German Resistance . He was a key member of the anti-fascist resistance group that was later called the Red Orchestra by the Gestapo .
12-679: [REDACTED] Look up Sieg in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. Sieg may refer to: People [ edit ] Carl Sieg (1784–1845), German painter and lithographer Victor Sieg (1837–1899), French composer and organist Lee Paul Sieg (1879–1963), a former president of the University of Washington Paul Eugen Sieg (1899–1950), German physicist and writer John Sieg (1903–1942), railroad worker and journalist who publicized Nazi atrocities Jack Sieg (1914–1968), American swimmer who used
24-652: A former president of the University of Washington Paul Eugen Sieg (1899–1950), German physicist and writer John Sieg (1903–1942), railroad worker and journalist who publicized Nazi atrocities Jack Sieg (1914–1968), American swimmer who used the butterfly stroke in 1935 Edward Chan Sieg (1928–2007), American director, photographer and writer Shane Sieg (1982–2017), NASCAR driver Ryan Sieg (born 1987), NASCAR driver Trent Sieg (born 1995), American football long snapper Kyle Sieg (born 2001), NASCAR driver Other [ edit ] Sieg Railway , Germany Sieg automatic rifle Sieg (river) ,
36-761: A freelance author in Berlin . He began writing articles for Die Tat , a newspaper published by Adam Kuckhoff . After joining the Communist Party of Germany (KPD) that same year, he began to write for the arts section of the KPD newspaper, Die Rote Fahne and he got to know Wilhelm Guddorf and Martin Weise . He was arrested by the Sturmabteilung (storm troopers) in March 1933 and held till June. Upon his release, he began working with
48-607: A friend that if he were ever arrested, he would commit suicide rather than risk betraying friends. On 15 October 1942, following severe mistreatment, he hanged himself in his cell. Sieg's wife, Sophie, was also arrested in October 1942. Without trial, she was sent to Ravensbrück concentration camp in 1943. She was liberated by the Red Army in 1945. A street in an area of new construction on Frankfurter Allee-Süd in Berlin-Lichtenberg
60-508: A tributary of the Rhine in Germany See also [ edit ] Sieg Heil All pages with titles beginning with Sieg All pages with titles containing Sieg Topics referred to by the same term [REDACTED] This disambiguation page lists articles associated with the title Sieg . If an internal link led you here, you may wish to change the link to point directly to
72-431: Is different from Wikidata All article disambiguation pages All disambiguation pages Sieg [REDACTED] Look up Sieg in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. Sieg may refer to: People [ edit ] Carl Sieg (1784–1845), German painter and lithographer Victor Sieg (1837–1899), French composer and organist Lee Paul Sieg (1879–1963),
84-728: The Communist Resistance in the Berlin suburb of Neukölln , becoming the focal point of several groups. He had close contact with Arvid Harnack and Kuckhoff. He took part in leafletting campaigns and shared political information. In 1937, he got a job with the Deutsche Reichsbahn , eventually working as a signaller at the S-Bahn station at Papestraße. As a railroad employee, Sieg was able to make use of work-related travel and free travel to build connections with other Resistance groups, such as
96-650: The Rhine in Germany See also [ edit ] Sieg Heil All pages with titles beginning with Sieg All pages with titles containing Sieg Topics referred to by the same term [REDACTED] This disambiguation page lists articles associated with the title Sieg . If an internal link led you here, you may wish to change the link to point directly to the intended article. Retrieved from " https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Sieg&oldid=1234892491 " Categories : Disambiguation pages Disambiguation pages with surname-holder lists Hidden categories: Short description
108-410: The butterfly stroke in 1935 Edward Chan Sieg (1928–2007), American director, photographer and writer Shane Sieg (1982–2017), NASCAR driver Ryan Sieg (born 1987), NASCAR driver Trent Sieg (born 1995), American football long snapper Kyle Sieg (born 2001), NASCAR driver Other [ edit ] Sieg Railway , Germany Sieg automatic rifle Sieg (river) , a tributary of
120-469: The intended article. Retrieved from " https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Sieg&oldid=1234892491 " Categories : Disambiguation pages Disambiguation pages with surname-holder lists Hidden categories: Short description is different from Wikidata All article disambiguation pages All disambiguation pages John Sieg John Sieg was born in Detroit , Michigan,
132-664: The one organized around Bernhard Bästlein . He worked with Herbert Grasse, Otto Grabowski, and the Saefkow-Jacob-Bästlein Organization to produce the newspaper, Die Innere Front ( The Internal Front ). He was a core member of the Rote Kapelle , along with Guddorf and Kuckhoff. He was arrested on 11 October 1942 and was taken to the Gestapo prison on Prinz-Albrecht-Straße , where he endured intensive interrogations and abuse. The previous spring, he had confided to
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#1732851451151144-585: The son of a mechanic. After the death of his father in 1912, he lived with his grandfather in Germany and became a German citizen in 1920. In the beginning of the 1920s, Sieg went to school to become a teacher, but when his grandfather died in 1923, he had to quit. He returned to Detroit and met his future wife, Sophie, in 1924, while working as a college intern. He stayed in the United States until February 1928, when Sieg and his wife returned to Germany and he became
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