Bruno Plache
Bruno Plache (born August 18, 1908 in Leipzig , † February 10, 1949 in Sülzhayn ) was a German athlete. As a member of the KPD , he belonged to the Leipzig city parliament.
Life
As the third son of the social democratic carpenter Otto Plache and his wife Linda, Bruno Plache came into contact very early on with the ideas of social democracy, which would shape his political career. From 1915 to 1923 Bruno Plache attended elementary school. From early childhood he was involved in sports, which was reflected in his joining the Free Gymnastics Association in Leipzig - Möckern in 1918. There he received training in gymnastics, athletics and soccer. After completing his school education, Bruno Plache learned the carpentry trade in a Leipzig company and from 1927 to 1929 the profession of electrical fitter in his brothers' company.
Bruno Plache took on various political offices during his youth. From 1927 to 1928 he was a member of the district youth committee of the ATSB in Leipzig. In 1928 he took part in the first Spartakiad in Moscow , which resulted in his expulsion from the ATSB and the SPD , to which he had been a member until then, as well as his entry into the Rotsport workers' sports association, which is close to the KPD .
In 1929 Bruno Plache moved into the Leipzig city parliament as the youngest member of the KPD. He stood up especially for the Leipzig workers and called for an improvement in the situation of the working people. In his position he fought primarily for the expansion of kindergartens and elementary schools, whereby he attached particular importance to the sporting activities of the children.
In 1933 Bruno Plache was imprisoned in Sachsenburg concentration camp for several months . In 1940 he was called up for military service. In 1944 he was diagnosed with pulmonary TB , which saved him from being sent to the Italian front . In 1945 he was appointed director of the Leipzig Sports Office. He spent the last days of his life seriously ill in the sanatorium in Sülzhayn in the Harz Mountains.
Honors
- Several schools and streets in the area of the former GDR as well as the venue of the GDR upper division club 1. FC Lokomotive Leipzig , the regional division 1. FC Lokomotive Leipzig , the former German champions VfB Leipzig and the former Bundesliga club VfB Leipzig , the Bruno, bear the name Bruno Plache -Plache stadium .
- Bruno Plache's grave is located in the grove of honor of the anti-fascist resistance fighters on the Leipzig South Cemetery .
literature
- Christian Wolter: battles goals emotions: the Bruno-Plache-Stadion in Leipzig-Probstheida. OM-Verlag 2008
Web links
Individual evidence
- ^ A b Small encyclopedia of physical culture and sport . Verlag Enzyklopädie Leipzig, Leipzig 1960, p. 598 .
- ^ Jews in Saxony. Press review from February 22 to February 28, 2013 ( Memento from February 19, 2014 in the Internet Archive )
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Plan, Bruno |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German worker athlete and member of the KPD in the Leipzig city parliament |
| DATE OF BIRTH | August 18, 1908 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Leipzig |
| DATE OF DEATH | February 10, 1949 |
| Place of death | Sülzhayn |