- Walter Cramer
Wilhelm Bernardo Walter Cramer (born
1 May 1886 inLeipzig ; died14 November 1944 inBerlin ) was a German businessman from Leipzig and a member of the failedJuly 20 Plot to assassinateAdolf Hitler at theWolf's Lair inEast Prussia .Life
In 1919, Cramer became managing director of the "Kammgarnspinnerei Gautzsch AG", a
worsted yarn spinning mill. From 1923, he was on theboard of directors of the "Leipziger Kammgarnspinnerei Stöhr & Co. AG", anothercorporation in the same industry. In the first half of the 1940s, Cramer took part in civilian resistance against the Nazi régime with Leipzig's former mayorCarl Friedrich Goerdeler (1884-1945). After the attempt on theFührer 's life failed on20 July 1944 , Cramer was seized on22 July , and later found guilty at the "Volksgerichtshof " oftreason andhigh treason , for which he was sentenced to death. He was hanged atPlötzensee Prison in Berlin on14 November 1944 .Honours
In 1945, a street in the Gohlis neighbourhood of Leipzig was named "Walter-Cramer-Straße" after him. The City of Leipzig also honoured Walter Cramer with a monument in the "Johannapark" in 1996.
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