Felix Raschke
Felix (Fritz) Raschke (born May 9, 1884 in Danzig ; † July 5, 1957 ) was a German politician ( KPD / SED ). He was a member of the People's Day of the Free City of Danzig .
Life
Raschke, son of an amber turner, learned the trade of carpenter . From 1906 to 1908 he did his military service . In 1908 he joined the German Woodworkers' Association (DHV) and was later a functionary of the DHV in Danzig. In 1912 he joined the Social Democratic Party of Germany (SPD). Between 1914 and 1918 he was a soldier in the First World War .
In 1920 Raschke went to the Communist Party of Germany (KPD). From 1923 to 1934 he was a member of the People's Day of the Free City of Danzig and also belonged to the inner leadership of the Danzig KPD. In addition, Raschke was editor of the Gdansk KP newspaper Das frei Volk .
At the People's Day session on May 2, 1934, the Danzig parliament, in which the NSDAP had had a majority since 1933 , granted its approval for the execution of sentences against Raschke and the KPD member Meta Totzki . Totzki had previously been sentenced to prison by the Danzig courts for "illegal activity". The following day, May 3, 1934, Raschke was arrested. In June 1934 he was sentenced to three and a half years in prison by the Great Danzig Criminal Chamber for “publishing illegal magazines and newspapers”. After his release from prison in November 1937, Raschke worked as a carpenter at AEG in Danzig. He continued to work illegally for the KPD and was arrested again on August 22, 1944 and taken to the Stutthof concentration camp .
In August 1945 Raschke arrived in Damgarten in western Pomerania on an "Antifa resettler transport" . Until 1947 he worked as a personnel officer at the KPD and SED state boards in Mecklenburg . From 1947 to 1949 he was District Councilor for the Interior of the Rügen District and from August 1949 headed the Dreibergen prison .
literature
- Raschke, Felix (Fritz) . In: Hermann Weber , Andreas Herbst (ed.): German communists. Biographical Handbook 1918 to 1945 . 2nd revised and greatly expanded edition. Karl Dietz Verlag, Berlin 2008, ISBN 978-3-320-02130-6 .
Individual evidence
- ^ Marek Andrzejewski: Opposition and Resistance in Danzig 1933-1939 . Dietz, Berlin 1994, ISBN 3-8012-4054-1 , p. 73.
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Raschke, Felix |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Raschke, Felix Fritz |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German politician (KPD / SED) |
| DATE OF BIRTH | May 9, 1884 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Danzig |
| DATE OF DEATH | 5th July 1957 |