Arthur Werner

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Arthur Werner (1946)
Memorial plaque on the house at Koehlerstrasse 22, Berlin-Steglitz

Arthur Werner (born April 15, 1877 in Berlin ; † July 27, 1967 in West Berlin ) was a German civil engineer (Dipl.-Ing.) And the first Lord Mayor of Greater Berlin after the end of World War II in Europe .

Life

After graduating from high school in 1898, Werner began studying law at the University of Berlin , but then moved to the Technical University of Charlottenburg to study civil engineering . There he became a member of the Hevellia Berlin fraternity in 1898 . After obtaining his diploma in 1907, he opened a private technical school. Arthur Werner received his doctorate in 1912 from the Technical University of Danzig as Dr.-Ing. After his service in the First World War , where he was seriously wounded in 1916, he continued his school operations. From January 1932 to November 1932 he was a member of the NSDAP .

In 1942 he had to give up teaching because he also taught Jews at his technical school.

Eight days after the unconditional surrender of the Wehrmacht , the Soviet city commandant Bersarin appointed Werner, who was not affiliated to the party, as Lord Mayor of Greater Berlin on May 17, 1945, succeeding NSDAP member Ludwig Steeg . The appointment was later confirmed by the Allied Command . After the first free elections in Berlin on October 20, 1946 , he had to hand over his office to the SPD politician Otto Ostrowski .

Arthur Werner is buried in the Lichterfelde Park Cemetery.

For the 750th anniversary of Berlin in 1987, Walter Womacka painted a portrait of Arthur Werner based on a historical photo.

literature

  • Helge Dvorak: Biographical Lexicon of the German Burschenschaft. Volume I: Politicians. Volume 6: T-Z. Winter, Heidelberg 2005, ISBN 3-8253-5063-0 , pp. 269-270.
  • Lutz Heuer : The first Berlin magistrate after World War II. Lord Mayor Dr. Arthur Werner and his team May 1945 to December 1946. Series Berlin and its history at the Helle Panke association
  • Lutz Heuer, Arthur Werner (1877-1967). Berlin's Lord Mayor at zero hour. Trafo, Berlin 2011.
  • Bernd-Rainer Barth :  Werner, Arthur . In: Who was who in the GDR? 5th edition. Volume 2. Ch. Links, Berlin 2010, ISBN 978-3-86153-561-4 .

Web links

Commons : Arthur Werner  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Harry Waibel : Servants of many masters. Former Nazi functionaries in the Soviet Zone / GDR. Peter Lang, Frankfurt am Main et al. 2011, ISBN 978-3-631-63542-1 , p. 366.
  2. ↑ Mayor Arthur Werner: A construction specialist at the head of the magistrate in Berliner Zeitung of May 27, 2015
  3. ^ Freundeskreis Walter Womacka eV: Exhibition "Berlin Pictures" by the painter Walter Womacka. October 6, 2009; with illustration of the painting
personal data
SURNAME Werner, Arthur
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German politician; first mayor of Berlin after the Second World War
DATE OF BIRTH April 15, 1877
PLACE OF BIRTH Berlin
DATE OF DEATH July 27, 1967
Place of death Berlin