Alex Willenberg

Alex Willenberg (born June 8, 1897 in Essen , † January 2, 1974 ibid) was a German trade unionist , journalist and politician ( center ).

Life and work

Willenberg was born the son of a miner. After attending school, he trained as a miner and then worked in this profession. He was also involved in the Christian trade unions , first becoming youth secretary of the Christian Miners' Union in Central Germany in 1920, and from 1921 until he was dismissed for political reasons in 1933, he was the district manager of the trade union for Central Germany, Saarland and Upper Silesia .

Willenberg took up a journalistic activity in 1933, initially worked for the publishing house of the Oberschlesische Volksstimme until his dismissal in 1935 and then worked as the deputy manager of the Oberschlesischen Katholisches Kirchenblatt until the publication ban in 1941 . From 1941 to 1945 he was drafted as an auditor at the Gräflich Schaffgotsche Werke.

After the end of the Second World War , Willenberg was expelled from Upper Silesia in 1945, moved to West Germany and settled in Essen . Here he worked as a social editor for the Rhein-Ruhr-Zeitung from 1946 and later became head of the labor law department of IG Bergbau .

Political party

Willenberg joined the Center Party in 1916 and was elected to the party's entire executive committee in 1946.

MP

Willenberg was a member of the German Bundestag from October 26, 1950, when he replaced the late MP Paul Krause , until 1953. Since December 14, 1951 he was a member of the Federal Union (FU) faction . He was drawn into parliament via the state list of the Center Party of North Rhine-Westphalia .

literature

• Rudolf Vierhaus , Ludolf Herbst (eds.), Bruno Jahn (collaborators): Biographical manual of the members of the German Bundestag. 1949-2002. Vol. 2: N-Z. Attachment. KG Saur, Munich 2002, ISBN 3-598-23782-0 , p. 956.