Facts: - years active: 1920-1944 - party: communist party of germany - birth date: 08 march 1903 - criminal penalty: execution - movement: german resistance - caption: commemorative plaque at uhrig 's last address in berlin - death date: 21 august 1944 - spouse: charlotte uhrig - name: robert uhrig - organization: robert uhrig group - death place: brandenburg-gorden prison - birth place: leipzig , germany - known for: anti-nazi activism - death cause: guillotine - image size: 250px - nationality: german - occupation: toolmaker - image: gedenktafel wartburgstr 4 -lrb- schob -rrb- robert uhrig.jpg Based on these bullet points, write a short biography describing the life of robert uhrig .
robert uhrig -lrb- march 8 , 1903 -- august 21 , 1944 -rrb- was a german communist and resistance fighter against national socialism .