Erich Bruschke

Erich Bruschke (born December 31, 1893 in Magdeburg - Buckau , † November 25, 1961 in Hildesheim ) was a German politician ( SPD ).

Life

After attending primary school, Bruschke began an apprenticeship as a locksmith. Bruschke was a participant in the war who was severely damaged due to war wounds at the end of the First World War .

Bruschke wrote for SPD newspapers. In 1922 he became editor of the Hildesheimer Volksblatt until the “ seizure of power ” in 1933. He was removed from this position for political reasons; On April 4 of that year he was arrested at a meeting of the Reichsbanner Schwarz-Rot-Gold in the Hildesheim trade union building and was severely mistreated during the interrogation - the SA Goslar was interested in information about the whereabouts of a fugitive colleague from the Harzer Volkszeitung . Bruschke was politically active in the resistance movement and accepted a job as a car welder. In 1937 he was imprisoned for eight months.

After the end of the Second World War in 1945, he sat on the preparatory committee of the trade unions. He became councilor in Hildesheim and was proposed by the city administration for the post of political mayor. Bruschke was a member of the appointed Hanover State Parliament between 23 August 1946 and 29 October 1946.

literature

• Stephan A. Glienke: The Nazi past of a later member of the Lower Saxony state parliament . Final report on a project of the Historical Commission for Lower Saxony and Bremen on behalf of the Lower Saxony State Parliament. Published by the President of the Lower Saxony State Parliament. Revised reprint of the first edition. Hannover 2012, pp. 87-89 ( online as PDF) .
• Barbara Simon : Member of Parliament in Lower Saxony 1946–1994. Biographical manual. Edited by the President of the Lower Saxony State Parliament. Lower Saxony State Parliament, Hanover 1996, pp. 57–58.