Arthur Brocke

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Stumbling block in front of the Brockes house

Arthur Brocke (born April 14, 1884 in Aachen , † September 18, 1933 in Mülheim an der Ruhr ) was a German civil engineer and from 1919 to 1933 an alderman of the city of Mülheim an der Ruhr.

Life

Arthur Brocke grew up as the son of an industrial foreman in Aachen. After studying civil engineering at the Technical University of Aachen , he joined the Düsseldorf construction company Heinrich Scheven as a site manager in 1905. In 1908 Brocke changed to the Essen city administration as a building officer . When in 1919 a new assistant position had to be filled in Mülheim, he applied and was elected. During his tenure as Mülheim construction department head, Brocke planned numerous prominent projects such as the Ruhrstadion , the Realschule Stadtmitte, the Essen / Mülheim airport and the Witthausbusch and Salierstrasse settlements.

After the National Socialists came to power, Arthur Brocke was taken into protective custody from March to May 1933 . At the same time, criminal proceedings were initiated against him for alleged favoritism, acceptance of benefits and tax evasion. Without waiting for the outcome of the criminal proceedings, Arthur Brocke was retired under the Law to Restore the Civil Service . Threats from SS troops as well as a character assassination campaign directed against him in the local press increased the pressure on Brocke and led him to commit suicide in September 1933.

In 1955 a street in Mülheim an der Ruhr was named after him. In 2007, a stumbling block was installed in front of his former residence at Bismarckstrasse 31 in Mülheim .

Other sources

  • City archive Mülheim an der Ruhr, inventory 1210 (personnel files)

literature

  • Reichs Handbuch der Deutschen Gesellschaft - The handbook of personalities in words and pictures . First volume, Deutscher Wirtschaftsverlag, Berlin 1930, ISBN 3-598-30664-4
  • Dr. Jörg Schmitz: The construction of the city center secondary school and the breakthrough of architectural modernism in Mülheim, in: Zeitschrift des Geschichtsverein Mülheim, issue 91 (2016), pp. 9–62.

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personal data
SURNAME Brocke, Arthur
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German civil engineer, alderman for the city of Mülheim an der Ruhr
DATE OF BIRTH April 14, 1884
PLACE OF BIRTH Aachen
DATE OF DEATH September 18, 1933
Place of death Mülheim an der Ruhr