©Familie Schieweg
In late 1942, immediately upon his release from prison, the Gestapo committed Wolfgang Schieweg to the Buchenwald concentration camp. In a working-class neighbourhood in Leipzig he had been one of the heads of the “Reeperbahn”, a youth clique that resisted membership in the Hitler Youth. They wore their own attire, went on excursions, listened to prohibited music, and did not shy away from conflicts with the Hitler Youth. The regime regarded them as public enemies, and as such deserving of severe punishment. In Buchenwald the SS put the trained toolmaker to work in the Gustloff-Werk and the Schönebeck subcamp. After the war, he again lived in Leipzig. By the time tribute was finally paid to the Leipzig youth cliques, he had already died.
