Hellmuth Heinz

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Hellmuth Heinz (born August 31, 1904 in Potschappel ; † December 15, 1994 in Freital ) was a German resistance fighter and museologist .

Life

After attending elementary school, Hellmuth Heinz completed a degree in publishing. He was active in the labor movement and joined the Karl Liebknecht Youth in 1919 . In 1928 he became a member of the USPD and worked illegally in a Dresden group under the direction of Fritz Schulze during National Socialism . In 1941 he was arrested and sentenced to 15 years in prison.

After the end of the war he founded, among other things, the local branch of the Kulturbund and acted as head of the adult education center, the cultural office and, from 1954, as museum director in the Haus der Heimat . In 1949 he acquired the Willy Eberl collection for the city of Freital. In 1987 Heinz handed over his private art collection to the city museum.

A street in Freital was named after Heinz and in 1988 he was granted honorary citizenship of Freital .

Publications (selection)

literature

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. Christel Helbig: In memory of Dr.hc Hellmuth Heinz . In: Sächsische Heimatblätter , 41, 1995, No. 1, p. 53.
  2. Hellmuth Heinz on freital.de