Andreas Huke

Andreas Huke

Andreas Huke (born December 3, 1876 in Hüpstedt , Worbis district , † January 26, 1962 in Heilbad Heiligenstadt ) was a Christian trade union secretary, German politician and Member of the Bundestag ( center ).

After elementary school, Huke trained as a weaver. In 1900 he became a master and worked as a weaver. Active in the Christian Textile Workers' Association (CTV), he continued his education in 1910 through economic courses at the Volksverein for Catholic Germany in Mönchengladbach , which in many regions provided the party framework for the Catholic Center Party. From 1914 to 1919 Huke was an employee of the Allgemeine Ortskrankenkasse in Neumünster , interrupted by the war effort. From 1919 the trade unionist and center man worked full-time as a trade union secretary for the Christian textile workers' association in Heiligenstadt . Huke was a member of the city ​​council in Neumünster in 1919 and in Heiligenstadt (Eichsfeld) since 1924.

As a replacement for the deceased Christian trade unionist Anton Höfle , Huke belonged to the Reichstag for constituency 12 (Thuringia) from February 18, 1925 to May 1928 . 1928–33 he was director of the employment office in Heiligenstadt. On leave by the Nazis afterwards, he had to make a living as a cigar salesman. The Gestapo arrested him in 1944. He is said to have escaped imprisonment in Buchenwald concentration camp due to an eye disease.

literature

• Bernd Haunfelder : Member of the Reichstag of the German Center Party 1871–1933. Biographical handbook and historical photographs (= photo documents on the history of parliamentarism and political parties. Volume 4). Droste, Düsseldorf 1999, ISBN 3-7700-5223-4 , p. 323
• Bernhard Sacrificemann : Gestalten des Eichsfeldes. Publishing house FWCordier, Heiligenstadt; 2nd expanded and revised edition 1999; P. 170; ISBN 3-929413-37-X

Web links

• Andreas Huke in the database of members of the Reichstag