Fritz Remy

Fritz Remy

Friedrich “Fritz” Remy (born October 28, 1879 in Offenbach am Main ; † January 28, 1961 there ) was a German politician and head of the city ​​council in Offenbach. He was the first Offenbacher to be appointed city ​​elder by the city council .

Live and act

Remy was born in Offenbach in October 1879. In 1905 he joined the metal workers' association and in 1917 the SPD . The SPD elected him in 1921 as party secretary and in 1922 he was elected to the local parliament, which was then called the city council.

Remy campaigned for his party and for the republic in rallies in the city and the Offenbach district . In November 1929 Remy was elected chairman of his faction. In 1933 he was given the uncomfortable task of giving a final speech to the NS- dominated city council. He stated that he could only cooperate if the current rules of procedure were respected. A few days after the city council meeting, the Gestapo picked him up and took him to the Osthofen concentration camp . When he was finally released from the concentration camp , he remained unemployed for years until he finally found a job as a toolmaker at Schmaltz. Remy was imprisoned in Dachau concentration camp in 1944 , but released again in the same year with compulsory registration .

Immediately after the collapse of the Nazi regime , Remy made himself available to rebuild his badly destroyed hometown. In the Offenbach district he headed the welfare office. In this role he was able to help many people: bombed out, homeless, unemployed and later numerous refugees and displaced persons.

On September 8, 1945, he chaired the first general meeting of the re-founded Offenbach SPD. This sent him to the citizens' committee, the predecessor of the city council. When the Offenbachers were allowed to elect their city representatives again in 1946, Remy was among those elected. Again the SPD parliamentary group made him chairman. In 1948 they voted unanimously in the city council and Remy remained in this position until 1956.

In parting, he remembered 360 committee and 63 plenary sessions. Speakers from all political groups praised his objectivity, humanity and the humor with which he led the meetings. The city council awarded him the newly created plaque of honor of the city. Remy, who disliked the many eulogies, thanked mischievously: "If I'm doing the city a favor, then I'll just wear it."

Appreciations

• In Offenbach am Main, a street was named after him in which, among other things, the headquarters of the Rad- und Kraftfahrerbund Solidarity is located ( ⊙ )
• His bust stands next to that of Carl Ulrich in the town hall

See also

• List of personalities of the city of Offenbach am Main

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Bernd Klemm: The Workers' Party (Socialist Unity Party) Hesse, 1945–1954 . SOAK-Verlag, 1980, ISBN 978-3-882-09031-4 ( limited preview in Google book search).
2. ^ Hermann Bösch: Political parties and groups in Offenbach am Main, 1860-1960 . Offenbacher Geschichtsverein, 1973 ( limited preview in the Google book search).