Residence Karl Sobkowski

Karl Sobkowski (b. 1892; d. February 23, 1937) worked as a pickler and polisher in the Frankfurt furniture factory Mantz & Gerstenberger. He lived at Bergstrasse 185. Karl Sobkowski was an organizer and the first leader of the Red Front Fighters' League in Frankfurt. In 1926, he was elected as a deputy to the city parliament at the suggestion of the KPD. Due to an accident at work Sobkowski became an invalid. In the first wave of arrests by the Nazis after they seized power, he was imprisoned and was to be tried for high treason. In 1934 he was acquitted, but died as a result of the mistreatment he endured in custody.