Hans Coppi

Hans Coppi Jr. at a rally on the 71st anniversary of Kristallnacht in Berlin-Moabit

Hans Coppi Jr. (born November 27, 1942) is a German historian. His parents, Hilde and Hans Coppi, were active in the German Resistance and were both executed by the Nazis.

Biography

Early life Coppi was born at the Barnimstrasse women's prison in Berlin. His parents were arrested on September 12, 1942, in Schrimm (now Śrem, Poland). His paternal grandparents, maternal grandmother and one uncle were also arrested around this time. At the time of his parents' arrest, his mother was hochschwanger, literally "highly pregnant". His father was convicted and executed shortly after his birth. Coppi's father was allowed to see him in his mother's arms one last time before being executed. His mother attempted to get clemency, but it was denied by Adolf Hitler in July 1943. She was allowed to nurse her son until shortly before her execution on August 5, 1943, at Plötzensee Prison, when Coppi was just eight months old. He has three daughters and lives in Berlin.

Selected list of books and articles Sowjetische Kriegsgefangene im Konzentrationslager Sachsenhausen, in: Jahrbuch für Forschungen zur Geschichte der Arbeiterbewegung, No. I/2003. Harro Schulze-Boysen - Wege in den Widerstand, Fölbach Verlag: Koblenz (1995), 2nd Edition Geertje Andresen (Ed.), Dieser Tod paßt zu mir. Harro Schulze-Boysen - Grenzgänger im Widerstand. Briefe 1915-1942 ("This death becomes me" Harro Schulze-Boysen — Border crossers in Resistance, Letters 1915-1942) Aufbau Verlag, Berlin (1999) Libertas Schulze-Boysen und die Rote Kapelle. (Begleitheft zur Ausstellung Libertas Schulze-Boysen und die Rote Kapelle; eine Ausstellung der Gedenkstätte Deutscher Widerstand Berlin auf Schloss & Gut Liebenberg); Berlin (2004) (Editor) Elektronische Erschließung archivalischer Quellen in Gedenkstätten. Contributions to the international workshops at the Sachsenhausen Memorial and Museum, March 23–24, 2001. Münster. Hamburg, London (2002) (Editor, with Susanne Römer) Aufbruch - Dokumentation einer Zeitschrift zwischen den Fronten. Foreword by Peter Steinbach and Susanne Römer. Commentary by Hans Coppi Jr. Koblenz (2001) (Editor, with Jürgen Danyel and Johannes Tuchel), Die Rote Kapelle im Widerstand gegen Hitler. Writings from the collection of the German Resistance Memorial Center, Berlin: Edition Hentrich (1992) (Editor, with Nicole Warmbold) 60 Jahre Vereinigung der Vereinigung der Verfolgten des Naziregimes. ("60 Years, Union of Persecutees of the Nazi Regime, textbook on the history and current status of the VVN." Publ.: VVN-BdA Berlin (2007) / 3-00-021280-9 (Editor, with Nicole Warmbold) Der zweite Sonntag im September - Gedenken und Erinnern an die Opfer des Faschismus, zur Geschichte des ODF-Tages. Publication accompanying exhibition, "The Second Sunday in September – The History of Victims of Fascism Day" (Der zweite Sonntag im September - Zur Geschichte des OdF-Tages). Foreword by Kurt Julius Goldstein, Berlin (2006) / 3-00-019609-9 (With Jürgen Danyel) Der „Gegner“-Kreis im Jahre 1932/33 - ein Kapitel aus der Vorgeschichte des Widerstandes. Conference from May 4–6, 1990, Publishers: Evangelische Akademie Berlin and Evangelisches Bildungswerk Berlin (1990) Die "Rote Kapelle" im Spannungsfeld von Widerstand und nachrichtendienstlicher Tätigkeit.