August Wagner (politician)
August Ulrich Wagner (born March 10, 1903 in Emden ; † September 16, 1963 there ) was a German illustrator and politician ( KPD ).
Wagner was the third of five children of the lithographer August Wagner and his wife Taalke, née Rieke. He attended elementary school and by 1923 learned the profession of shipbuilding engineer at the North Sea Works in Emden, where he worked until 1931.
In 1929 he became a member of the KPD and for them a member of the Emden Citizens Committee until he moved in 1932. From 1931 to 1933 he was a member of the Provincial Parliament of the Province of Hanover . After the seizure of power by the Nazis in 1933, he was arrested in late July 1933 Sonnenburg concentration camp held. Since his father was seriously ill, he was released from protective custody on May 19, 1934 . Together with his brother Karl, the former sub-district chairman of the KPD Emden, he then worked in the resistance. He was arrested on December 7, 1937 and sentenced in 1938 by the People's Court to four years in prison. He was last held in Sachsenhausen concentration camp . In 1945 he returned to Emden and was elected to the Emden city council in the first free local elections in 1945.
literature
- Beatrix Herlemann , Helga Schatz: Biographical Lexicon of Lower Saxony Parliamentarians 1919–1945 (= publications of the Historical Commission for Lower Saxony and Bremen. Volume 222). Hahnsche Buchhandlung, Hannover 2004, ISBN 3-7752-6022-6 , p. 376.
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| SURNAME | Wagner, August |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Wagner, August Ulrich (full name) |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German cartoonist and politician (KPD) |
| DATE OF BIRTH | March 10, 1903 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Emden |
| DATE OF DEATH | September 16, 1963 |
| Place of death | Emden |