Franz Heitgres

Franz Heitgres (born October 23, 1906 in Hamburg ; † November 12, 1961 there ) was a German politician ( KPD ) and senator in Hamburg.

Life

Heitgres joined the KPD in 1928 and was a member of the waterfront district leadership of the KJVD . He was also chairman of the Red Sports Movement Wasserkante.

During the Nazi era , he was imprisoned for two years in the Neuengamme concentration camp because of his political convictions . In the Federal Republic of Germany he was chairman of the committee of former political prisoners , the Hamburg regional association of the association of those persecuted by the Nazi regime .

As head of the Office for Reparation and Refugee Aid, he was a member of the Petersen Senate appointed by the British occupying forces from November 13, 1945 to November 15, 1946 . In 1946 he was also a member of the appointed Hamburg citizenship . Because of criticism of the situation in the Soviet occupation zone, he was later expelled from the KPD and joined the SPD . The reason for the exclusion was "systematic disintegration work and a hostile attitude towards the party executive".

Individual evidence

↑ Heitgres, Franz (Senator, was expelled from the KPD, born October 23, 1906 Hamburg, died November 12, 1961 Hamburg) , Hamburg State Archives, 731-8_A 758. In: deutsche-digitale-bibliothek.de , accessed on 21. April 2017.
^ ^A ^b Günter Benser : The German Communism. Self-image and reality. Volume 4: A new beginning with no final consequence (1945/1946). Dietz, Berlin 2009, p. 283.
↑ Alyn Beßmann / Lennart Onken: Survived! And now? - Victims of Nazi persecution in Hamburg after their liberation, publisher: Stiftung Hamburger Gedenkstätten und Lernorte, p. 44
↑ How a KPD man flew out of the Senate. In: Hamburger Abendblatt . February 23, 2008, accessed November 5, 2010.
↑ Holger Tilicki: The Fuhlsbüttler resistance fighter Hermann Beckbye. In: Rundbrief 2003. 14th year. Willi-Bredel-Gesellschaft , 2003, accessed January 18, 2016 .

personal data
SURNAME	Heitgres, Franz
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	German politician (KPD), Member of the Bundestag, Senator
DATE OF BIRTH	October 23, 1906
PLACE OF BIRTH	Hamburg
DATE OF DEATH	November 12, 1961
Place of death	Hamburg

[1] Heitgres, Franz (Senator, was expelled from the KPD, born October 23, 1906 Hamburg, died November 12, 1961 Hamburg) , Hamburg State Archives, 731-8_A 758. In: deutsche-digitale-bibliothek.de , accessed on 21. April 2017.

[Benser-2] A ^b Günter Benser : The German Communism. Self-image and reality. Volume 4: A new beginning with no final consequence (1945/1946). Dietz, Berlin 2009, p. 283.

[3] Alyn Beßmann / Lennart Onken: Survived! And now? - Victims of Nazi persecution in Hamburg after their liberation, publisher: Stiftung Hamburger Gedenkstätten und Lernorte, p. 44

[4] How a KPD man flew out of the Senate. In: Hamburger Abendblatt . February 23, 2008, accessed November 5, 2010.

[5] Holger Tilicki: The Fuhlsbüttler resistance fighter Hermann Beckbye. In: Rundbrief 2003. 14th year. Willi-Bredel-Gesellschaft , 2003, accessed January 18, 2016 .