Carl Karpinski

Carl Max Christian Karpinski (born November 1, 1896 - † August 29, 1976 ) was a German architect and member of the Hamburg Parliament for the SPD .

Life

The social democratic surveyor and architect Karpinski and the accountant Paula Thees , who joined the SPD at the age of sixteen, married in 1920. Their son Jörn was born in 1930. As committed social democrats, the couple was exposed to persecution during the times of National Socialism . In 1933 Paula Karpinski, meanwhile a member of the citizenship, was arrested for eleven days and in 1944 was sent to the Fuhlsbüttel concentration camp for six weeks . Carl Karpinski, chairman of the Hamburg Technicians Union, lost his job.

Some of the Grindel skyscrapers in Hallerstrasse

After the end of the war , Carl Karpinski was one of the designers of the re-establishment of the Association of German Architects (BDA). One of the first tasks of the architectural community was the planning of the Grindel high-rise buildings , which should alleviate the housing shortage in the devastated Hamburg.

In 1946 Carl Karpinski was chosen as a politically unaffected person by the British occupying forces as a member of the Hamburg Parliament. Max Brauer became the first mayor . This Appointed Citizenship existed from February to October 1946. The Hamburgers then elected both Paula and Carl Karpinski to the after-work parliament for the next election periods. Paula Karpinski made a name for herself as a controversial youth senator. She was the first female minister in a state parliament. Paul Karpinski resigned in February 1958. He died in the summer of 1976.

literature

Helga Kutz-Bauer , Holger Martens : Persecution as a Political Experience. Hamburg Social Democrats after 1945 . Ed. Working Group Formerly Persecuted Social Democrats Hamburg (AvS) , Hamburg 2013. ISBN 978-3-929728-76-7

Individual evidence

^ Historical register of architects
^ Uwe Bahnsen : 91 years in the SPD. Paula Karpinski from Hamburg was Germany's first female member of the government . [1]

personal data
SURNAME	Karpinski, Carl
ALTERNATIVE NAMES	Karpinski, Carl Max Christian
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	German architect, MdHB (SPD)
DATE OF BIRTH	November 1, 1896
PLACE OF BIRTH	Hamburg
DATE OF DEATH	August 29, 1976
Place of death	Hamburg

[1] Historical register of architects

[2] Uwe Bahnsen : 91 years in the SPD. Paula Karpinski from Hamburg was Germany's first female member of the government . [1]