Ewald Thunig
Hermann Ewald Thunig (born December 15, 1897 in Straubing , † July 26, 1991 in Rosenheim ) was a German trade unionist and politician ( KPD , SPD ).
Life and work
After attending the elementary and advanced training school in Rosenheim , Thunig completed an apprenticeship as a carpenter, which he completed in 1914 with the journeyman's examination. He then worked as a carpenter in organ building. From 1915 to 1918 he took part in the First World War as a soldier . Thunig worked as a carpenter in Rosenheim from 1919 and worked as a parquet layer in Munich from 1929 . In 1930/31 he made a trip abroad to the Soviet Union . After the National Socialists came to power, he was interned in the Dachau concentration camp from 1933 to 1938 . From 1938 to 1942 he worked as a carpenter in Kolbermoor , from 1942 to 1945 at the Reichsbahnbetriebswerk in Rosenheim.
Thunig was employed by the housing department in Kolbermoor in 1945/46, where he was a member of the political examination committee. He was involved in trade unions , was chairman of the Bavarian Trade Union Federation (BGB) from 1946 to 1949 and chairman of the German Trade Union Federation (DGB) for the district of Rosenheim from 1950 to 1963 .
politics
Thunig joined the KPD during the Weimar Republic , was imprisoned for several months in 1924 for continuing a banned party and was an employee of the KPD district office in 1928/29. In 1932/33 he was editor-in-chief of the communist newspaper Neue Zeitung in southern Bavaria. From January 7, 1946 to March 3, 1946 he served as State Secretary in the State Ministry for Agriculture and Forests in the government of the Free State of Bavaria led by Prime Minister Wilhelm Hoegner . From 1946 to 1952 he was a council member of the market town of Kolbermoor and a member of the district council of the Bad Aibling district . On September 1, 1957, he switched to the SPD.
See also
literature
- Thunig, Ewald . In: Hermann Weber , Andreas Herbst : German Communists. Biographisches Handbuch 1918 to 1945. 2nd, revised and greatly expanded edition. Dietz, Berlin 2008, ISBN 978-3-320-02130-6 .
- Ewald Thunig in the parliamentary database at the House of Bavarian History
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Thunig, Ewald |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Thunig, Hermann Ewald (full name) |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German trade unionists and politicians (KPD, SPD) |
| DATE OF BIRTH | December 15, 1897 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Straubing |
| DATE OF DEATH | July 26, 1991 |
| Place of death | Rosenheim |