Friedrich Senger

Friedrich Senger (born August 3, 1886 in Bocholt , † August 3, 1936 in Wuppertal ) was a German trade unionist and resistance fighter against National Socialism .

Life

Senger was born in Bocholt in 1886 and came to Wuppertal in 1912. There he worked as a driver for the Barmer mountain railway and tram . Senger took part in the First World War as a soldier and was seriously wounded. After his return from the war, Senger joined the Social Democratic Party of Germany (SPD) and became a member of the free trade unions . Senger was elected to the works council of the Barmer Berg- und Straßenbahn and was released from work as the works council chairman. He was also involved in local politics, so that in 1931 he moved into the Wuppertal city council as a successor. In March 1933 he was confirmed in this office. Senger, now a member of theReichsbanners Schwarz-Rot-Gold , was laid off by his employer and from then on worked as a sales representative for soap powder and other goods. When he was doing business, he distributed leaflets calling for resistance to the Nazis to his customers.

Senger was arrested on August 10, 1933 and taken to the Kemna concentration camp. A few days later he met his former colleague Adolf Mann there and got to know Karl Ibach , a communist. On October 17, 1933, Senger was transferred to the Neusustrum concentration camp , where he performed forced labor until March 1934 .

At the end of 1934 Ibach re-established contact with Adolf Mann and Senger, and the two social democrats subsequently worked together with the communist Ibach. Mann and Senger provided Ibach with information they had received from former work colleagues, Ibach passed the information on to the KP foreign management. On July 30, 1936, Senger was arrested by the Gestapo and taken to the prison on von-der-Heydts-Gasse. Four days later, on the morning of his 50th birthday, Senger committed suicide while in custody.

On May 22, 1925, Fritz Sengers became a father for the second time.

Honors

Since Senger's 100th birthday in 1986, the city of Wuppertal has been commemorating the former city councilor and resistance fighter with Friedrich-Senger-Platz .

Web links

• Biography at gewerkschaftsprozesse.de