Fritz Giersch
Fritz Giersch (born April 11, 1915 in Berlin ; † February 16, 1981 there ) was a German politician ( CDU ).
Fritz Giersch attended an elementary school and then a commercial vocational school . He graduated from a railway college and started a commercial apprenticeship in 1929. He joined the Windthorstbund and became a merchant's assistant . In 1932 he joined the union and in 1937 became an employee of the Deutsche Reichsbahn . He was drafted into the Wehrmacht .
After the Second World War Giersch worked again for the Reichsbahn, but was reprimanded by the Reichsbahndirektion in 1948 because he was active on the board of the Independent Trade Union Opposition (UGO). In 1949 he became a full-time member of the board of directors of the German Railway Workers' Union (GdED) and joined the CDU a year later. In 1955 Giersch became chairman of the GdED in the Berlin district management, at the same time he was also a member of the board of the German Trade Union Confederation (DGB) Berlin. In the Berlin election in 1958 he was elected to the Berlin House of Representatives, to which he belonged until 1967.
literature
- Werner Breunig, Siegfried Heimann , Andreas Herbst : Biographical Handbook of Berlin City Councilors and Members of Parliament 1946–1963 (= series of publications by the Berlin State Archives . Volume 14 ). Landesarchiv Berlin , Berlin 2011, ISBN 978-3-9803303-4-3 , p. 103 (331 pages).
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Giersch, Fritz |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German politician (CDU), MdA |
| DATE OF BIRTH | April 11, 1915 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Berlin |
| DATE OF DEATH | February 16, 1981 |
| Place of death | Berlin |