Bruno Borchardt

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Stumbling block at Lenther Steig 19 house in Berlin-Siemensstadt

Bruno Borchardt (born November 17, 1859 in Bromberg ; † August 14, 1939 in Falkensee ) was a German politician and writer.

He came from a German-Jewish merchant family. After completing his school education, he studied mathematics and physics in Berlin. In 1895 he received his doctorate and then worked as a high school teacher in Spandau near Berlin . In 1886 Borchardt was baptized as a Protestant. From 1900 he worked as a freelance journalist for books and articles in the field of physics and was mainly active as a politician.

He joined the SPD early on and from around 1890 worked as a teacher in workers' education associations. From 1901 he worked as a city councilor for the city of Charlottenburg, which was independent until 1920 . From 1912 he was a member of the Brandenburg Provincial Parliament , of which he was elected President in 1919. From 1921 to 1926 he was a member of the Prussian State Council (the second chamber of the Prussian parliament) for Berlin.

As a prominent opponent of National Socialism , he was persecuted and severely mistreated after the " seizure of power " in 1933. He experienced the November pogrom of 1938 in his home town of Falkensee , where the SA attacked him. He was injured so badly that he died as a result.

In front of his former home at Schönwalder Strasse 35 in Falkensee, a stumbling block was set in his way on July 20, 2007 in memory of him . Likewise, on November 18, 2008, a stumbling block was laid in front of the last Berlin residence at Lenther Steig 19 in Siemensstadt .

His daughter was the actress and acting teacher Marie Borchardt (1890–1969).

Literature by Bruno Borchardt

  • Social democracy and the elections to the German Reichstag , with Paul Hirsch , 1907 and 1912.
  • Die Sonne , 1926, with illustration by Bruno Borchardt, Senior Student Council, Berlin Paths to Knowledge (Bd. 51) Ullstein AG
  • The moon , 1927, Ullstein AG
  • Changes in the concept of atom , 1928, JHW ​​Dietz Nachf.

Web links

Commons : Bruno Borchardt  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Personal files Marie Borchardt - page 6 at bundesarchiv.de, accessed on January 6, 2013
personal data
SURNAME Borchardt, Bruno
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German politician and writer
DATE OF BIRTH November 17, 1859
PLACE OF BIRTH Bromberg
DATE OF DEATH August 14, 1939
Place of death Falkensee