Arthur Pollack
Arthur Friedrich Pollack (born April 12, 1885 in Goßdorf near Bad Schandau , † spring 1945 in Sachsenhausen concentration camp ) was a German local politician ( SPD ) and an opponent and victim of the Nazi regime .
Life
Pollack, son of a miller , trained as a brass caster at the Hänsel company in Pirna . From 1931 he worked for the Gerlach company in Pirna- Copitz . Later he worked as a metal lathe operator at the Ebelt und Hille steel foundry.
In 1908 Pollack joined the Social Democratic Party of Germany (SPD) and organized himself in the German Metal Workers' Association . From February 1919 to 1924 Pollack was a member of the local parliament in Copitz and a city councilor in Pirna. From 1930 to 1933 he directed the folk choir "Echo".
Pollack was arrested by the Gestapo because he rejected a donation for military service and a statement (“I don't give anything, I won't help prolong the war.”) . Accused of defeatist statements in Dresden on Münchner Platz , he was sentenced to six months in prison on May 12, 1944. After serving his sentence in the prison on Münchner Platz, Pollack was not released, but instead brought to Sachsenhausen concentration camp on September 7, 1944. During his imprisonment and in the concentration camp, Pollack wrote several letters. His wife received his last letter on February 25, 1945. Pollack presumably died on the death march to the Baltic Sea . The district court of Pirna determined his death on May 8, 1945.
Honors
- According to him, is Arthur Pollack Street in Pirna-Copitz named.
- Memorial for Siegfried Rädel , Arthur Pollack, Paul Harnisch and Albert Barthel in Pirna-Copitz (Hauptstrasse / corner of Schulstrasse); the memorial stone was erected in 1966.
literature
- District leadership of the SED Pirna, Commission for research into the history of the local labor movement (ed.): Cenotaphs, memorials, memorials and memorials of the labor movement and the anti-fascist resistance struggle in the Pirna district. 2nd revised edition, Pirna 1984, pp. 26 and 30.
- Ulrike Puvogel, Martin Stankowski: Memorials for the Victims of National Socialism. Documentation II: Berlin, Brandenburg, Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania, Saxony-Anhalt, Saxony, Thuringia. Federal Agency for Civic Education, Bonn 2000, p. 731
Web links
- Short biography on the website of the city of Pirna.
- Short biography , published in the brochure "Why don't you remember the eyes of ...", AKuBiZ e. V. Pirna.
Individual evidence
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Pollack, Arthur |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Pollack, Arthur Friedrich |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German local politician (SPD), Nazi opponent |
| DATE OF BIRTH | April 12, 1885 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Goßdorf |
| DATE OF DEATH | 1945 |
| Place of death | Sachsenhausen concentration camp |