Fritz Beck (politician)

Fritz Beck (born November 15, 1889 in Kleindietwil , † August 24, 1985 in Bürglen ) was a Swiss politician . He was a member of the Communist Party of Switzerland (KPS), which existed from 1921 to 1943.

biography

Fritz Beck was born in Kleindietwil in 1889 as the son of the factory worker and smallholder Wilhelm Beck. He spent his youth in Müllheim . From 1906 he began an iron lathe apprenticeship in Zurich . After completing his apprenticeship, he worked, among other things, in the Neumühle Zurich of the industrial company Escher Wyss & Cie . In 1925 he lost his job there. During the Great Depression, he hired himself out as an unskilled worker in various places until he got a job as a lathe operator at Georg Fischer AG in Schaffhausen in 1937 , which he held until his retirement.

The unmarried Fritz Beck died on August 24, 1985 in Bürglen.

politics

Beck was a member of the Communist Party of Switzerland (KPS), the SMUV and from 1922 to 1924 of the metalworkers' association. In 1924 he was President of the Combat Management in the labor dispute at his workplace in the Neumühle. In 1925 he was given the only seat in the National Council of the KPS as a "real proletarian", probably following the intervention of the party headquarters, after the two "non-proletarian" candidates before him had renounced. For the subsequent elections, Beck was no longer considered because he was allegedly not up to the task. In addition to his function in the National Council , he was represented in the Zurich Cantonal Council from 1926 to 1928 . Nothing is known about political activities after this period.

literature

• Peter Stettler The Communist Party of Switzerland 1921–1931. Francke, Bern 1980, 321 f.

Web links

• Markus Bürgi: Beck, Fritz. In: Historical Lexicon of Switzerland .