Erich Chechog

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Erich Tschetschog (born June 6, 1899 in Berlin ; † February 16, 1973 Brandenburg (Havel) ) was a German Catholic pastor , CDU politician and honorary citizen of the city of Belzig .

Life

After graduating from high school, Tschetschog studied Catholic theology in Berlin and Breslau and attended the seminary. During his studies in 1917 he became a member of the Catholic student associations KDStV Bavaria Berlin and later also the KDStV Marchia Breslau, both in the CV . Due to his place of residence in the Soviet zone of occupation and his political activity, he was only listed in the coded abbreviation (T ...) and with his date of reception (September 10, 1917) in the complete list of the CV for his own protection in the post-war period until his death .

As pastor of the city of Belzig , Chechog was instrumental in ensuring that the city could be handed over to the approaching Soviet troops without a fight . Together with the teacher Arthur Krause, Tschetschog tried in vain to negotiate with the German base commanders at the beginning of May. After the German military fled the city, he called on the city's residents to hang white flags out of the windows and, along with other citizens, handed the first armored reconnaissance vehicle of the Red Army a letter of surrender of the city on May 3rd.

After the war, Chechog and others founded the CDU district association in Belzig and was a member of the district committee from August 1945. On November 10, 1945 , Chechog was elected as the new district chairman of the CDU district association Belzig. Until his dismissal in the spring of 1950, officially for health reasons, he tried to strengthen the CDU and worked in vain against the influence of the SED.

Tschetschog spent the last few years in retirement in Wiesenburg and was the confessor in the Marienkrankenhaus in Brandenburg (Havel) . He died there in 1973.

Appreciations

  • Along with Artur Krause he was on 4 May 1965 honorary citizen of Belzig appointed
  • Since July 13, 2009 the Belziger Oberschule has been called the Krause-Tschetschog-Oberschule

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Gen-Wiki Belzig , last accessed on August 16, 2015
  2. ↑ Cartell Association of Catholic German Student Associations: Complete directory of the CV , 1920, p. 15
  3. ↑ Jan Foitzik (Ed.): Soviet commanderships and German administration in the Soviet Zone and early GDR. (Link to Google Books) Walter de Gruyter GmbH & Co KG, Berlin 2015, ISBN 3110400723 , p. 35
  4. ^ How Belzig survived: Speech by Götz Dieckmann on the anniversary of Belzig's handover to the Soviet Army on May 3, 1945 (www.die-linke-belzig.de), last accessed on August 16, 2015
  5. ↑ Jan Foitzik (Ed.): Soviet commanderships and German administration in the Soviet Zone and early GDR . Walter de Gruyter GmbH & Co KG, Berlin 2015, ISBN 3110400723 , p. 112
  6. ↑ Jan Foitzik (Ed.): Soviet commanderships and German administration in the Soviet Zone and early GDR . Walter de Gruyter GmbH & Co KG, Berlin 2015, ISBN 3110400723 , p. 338
  7. ↑ Jan Foitzik (Ed.): Soviet commanderships and German administration in the Soviet Zone and early GDR . Walter de Gruyter GmbH & Co KG, Berlin 2015, ISBN 3110400723 , pp. 157-165
  8. ^ Catholic parish of the Holy Trinity Brandenburg ad Havel: Chronicle of the year 1973 , last accessed on August 16, 2015
  9. ↑ Märkische Allgemeine Zeitung of July 14, 2009
personal data
SURNAME Chechog, Erich
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German Catholic pastor
DATE OF BIRTH June 6, 1899
PLACE OF BIRTH Berlin
DATE OF DEATH 16th February 1973
Place of death Brandenburg (Havel)