Fritz Schaper (politician)
Fritz Schaper (born October 14, 1890 in Holzminden ; † May 27, 1966 in Coburg ) was a Bavarian politician of the KPD and an anti-fascist resistance fighter .
Life
Schaper initially worked in various professions until he found a job as a glass worker in Tettau for a long time. After the First World War he became a member of the USPD , which merged with the KPD to form the VKPD in 1920.
From 1928 Schaper was KPD party secretary in Hof and a member of the northern Bavarian district leadership of the KPD. From 1928 to 1933 he was a member of the Bavarian State Parliament . In 1931 he took part in a course at the KPD Reichsparteischule in Fichtenau .
After the seizure of power by the Nazis , he continued his work for the Communist Party and offered resistance to National Socialism . In 1934 he was arrested by the Gestapo and taken into protective custody until 1939 . He was badly mistreated in the Dachau concentration camp .
After the liberation of the Dachau concentration camp in 1945, he became politically active again in Bavaria. From 1947 to 1949 he worked full-time for the Bavarian Trade Union Federation in Kronach and in 1950 as an employee of the German Trade Union Federation in Bayreuth .
From 1950 to 1954, like before 1933, he was a full-time functionary of the KPD state leadership in Bavaria and from August 1, 1954, he was with the KPD state leadership in Rhineland-Palatinate .
From 1955 he lived as a pensioner in Tettau.
literature
- Schaper, Friedrich . In: Hermann Weber , Andreas Herbst : German Communists. Biographisches Handbuch 1918 to 1945. 2nd, revised and greatly expanded edition. Dietz, Berlin 2008, ISBN 978-3-320-02130-6 .
Web links
- Fritz Schaper in the parliamentary database at the House of Bavarian History
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SURNAME | Schaper, Fritz |
ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Schaper, Friedrich |
BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German politician and resistance fighters |
DATE OF BIRTH | October 14, 1890 |
PLACE OF BIRTH | Holzminden |
DATE OF DEATH | May 27, 1966 |
Place of death | Coburg |