Fritz Rustemeyer
Fritz Rustemeyer (* 14. October 1898 in Upper Green , † 3. November 1965 in Iserlohn ) was a German politician of the SPD .
As a wandering craftsman, the trained locksmith had gained a deep insight into the social needs of the working population. He became involved in the trade union and the SPD early on . In 1929 he was elected as a social democratic member of the Iserlohn Council.
After the NSDAP came to power , he was imprisoned immediately in 1933 and interned first in Buchenwald concentration camp and later in Dachau concentration camp . An interim "probation in the Wehrmacht" led to another internment in the Sachsenhausen concentration camp in July 1944 .
Fritz Rustemeyer survived the evacuation of the camp by the SS and was rescued together with the last survivors by the Americans and Russians in April / May 1945. Despite his severely weakened health, he immediately resumed work for the common good. In 1946 he became union secretary for the Iserlohn district. In 1950 he became mayor, and from 1956 to 1961 mayor of Iserlohn .
“After 1933 I had to spend six years in prisons and concentration camps because of my convictions. Together with people from all political groups who resisted the dictatorship, I got to know freedom as the greatest good and democracy as the best political system, ”said Fritz Rustemeyer on the occasion of his 67th birthday in a newspaper article in the“ Westfalenpost ”on October 14th Quoted in 1965.
Fritz Rustemeyer was married to Anna geb. Weller (1909-1989).
literature
- Heimatbund Märkischer Kreis (Ed.): Striking heads from the Märkischer Kreis , Hans-Herbert Mönnig Verlag, Iserlohn, 1997, ISBN 3-922885-89-6
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Rustemeyer, Fritz |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German SPD politician |
| DATE OF BIRTH | October 14, 1898 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Iserlohn |
| DATE OF DEATH | November 3, 1965 |
| Place of death | Iserlohn |