Johann Burianek, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

Johann Burianek

Date of Birth: 16-Nov-1913

Place of Birth: Düsseldorf, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany

Date of Death: 02-Aug-1952

Profession: military personnel

Nationality: Germany

Zodiac Sign: Scorpio

Johann Burianek (born Düsseldorf 16 November 1913: executed Dresden 2 August 1952) was a militant campaigner against the one party dictatorship in the German Democratic Republic and a member of the "Struggle against Inhumanty" group (KgU / Kampfgruppe gegen Unmenschlichkeit). In a 1952 show trial he was condemned to death in the country's Supreme Court for preparing attacks on railway bridges.
He was the first person to receive a death sentence from the new country's justice system.