Franz Wehner
Franz Wehner (born May 19, 1898 in Berlin ; † January 29, 1970 ) was a German politician ( SED ). From 1953 to 1959 he was mayor of the Berlin district of Weißensee .
Life
Wehner, the son of a laundress who raised her three children alone after the untimely death of her husband, had to go to work as an errand boy for a watch case maker when she was eleven. Later he was an unskilled worker for various companies. During the First World War he was drafted into military service in 1916 at the age of eighteen.
From 1919 he worked as a furniture packer and stoker. He became a member of the USPD in 1920 , then the KPD . As a member of the workers 'sports club "Lurich O 2" (Fichte workers' sports club), he was friends with Werner Seelenbinder . As chairman of the works council , he was reprimanded in 1922 for preparing a strike. Two years later he was sitting because of "preparation for high treason ," a year in custody . In 1930 he was reprimanded as chairman of the works council. From 1930 to 1932 he was in the Revolutionary Trade Union Opposition (RGO) industry group leader chemistry for Berlin.
After Hitler came to power , he was an illegal company instructor in the 5th administrative district of the KPD in Berlin until October 1933. He was tortured by the SA and SS in 1933 and then placed under police supervision. From 1934 to 1945 he worked as a worker in a Mariendorfer rubber goods factory and did illegal resistance work , which he continued in 1945 in the Volkssturm .
After 1945 he joined the German People's Police and became a member of the SED. On February 19, 1953 he became chairman of the council of the Berlin-Weißensee district. He held this office until April 1959.
Wehner last lived as a veteran in Schöneiche near Berlin and died at the age of 71.
Awards
- Medal for participation in the armed struggles of the German working class from 1918 to 1923
- Medal for fighters against fascism 1933 to 1945
- Patriotic Order of Merit in bronze
- 1968 Order Banner of Labor
Individual evidence
- ↑ We introduce: District Mayor Franz Wehner . In: Neues Deutschland , August 24, 1957, p. 6.
- ^ Franz Wehner 60 years . In: Neues Deutschland, May 20, 1958, p. 2.
- ↑ Honor her memory! . In: Neues Deutschland, February 6, 1970, p. 8.
Emil Pfannkuchen (1921–1933) | Ernst Neumann (1933–1934) | Günther Axhausen (1934–1941) | Wilhelm Petzold (1941–1945) | Jakob Kaszewski (1945) | Max Knappe (1945–1946) | Wilhelm Reimann (1946–1948) | Hermann Solbach (1948–1953) | Franz Wehner (1953–1959) | Johanna Kuzia (1959–1969) | Joachim Hoffmann (1969–1983) | Ingeborg Podßuweit (1983–1990) | Dietmar Tuschy (1990) | Gert Schilling (1990-2000)
Since January 1, 2001, the Weißensee district has been part of the new Pankow district .
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Wehner, Franz |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German politician (SED) |
| DATE OF BIRTH | May 19, 1898 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Berlin |
| DATE OF DEATH | January 29, 1970 |