Gustav Leo
Gustav Heinrich Leo (born May 3, 1868 in Hamburg ; † December 8, 1944 there ) was a German civil engineer and chief construction director .
biography
Leo came as the son of the lawyer and Senate syndicus Dr. Karl Ludwig Leo and his wife Franzisca Henriette, b. Herrmann, was born in the Free and Hanseatic City of Hamburg in 1868.
education
He attended the learned school of the Johanneum and completed a one-year internship in the main railway workshop in Altona after finishing school . The internship was followed by a four-year course in civil engineering at the Technical Universities of Karlsruhe and Berlin . After completing his studies, Leo worked for three years as a government construction manager. He was involved in the reconstruction of the train stations in Hamburg and Altona . In 1896 Leo passed the second state examination at the Technical Examination Office in Berlin . A year later, in 1897, he joined the Hamburg civil service as a government builder.
Starting a family
In 1902 Leo married Lilli (Caroline) Franzen, the daughter of the director of the Hamburg-South American Steamship Company . In 1909 his son Friedrich was born.
Professional activities
Leo was an employee of Fritz Schumacher . He was commissioned with the re-planning of the Alster sewerage. Numerous bridges were built under his leadership; for example the towpath bridge and the Krugkoppelbrücke. Leo also managed the planning and execution work for the Hamburg city park . He was also responsible for the development of the northern outskirts of Hamburg. In 1920 Leo was appointed building director and in 1923 senior building director of engineering . He was ex officio responsible for road , bridge and river construction . In addition, the sewer system , street cleaning and waste incineration fell into his area of responsibility. He also headed the engineering part of town planning . At the age of 65, in 1933, Leo was retired . In this context, the Hamburger Fremdblatt acknowledged his services to the city of Hamburg.
Memberships
In 1921 Leo became a member of the Patriotic Society . He also belonged to various professional associations.
Publications
In specialist journals such as the Deutsche Bauzeitung , articles by Leo appeared on various topics . After his death, the working committee of the Hamburg construction industry published a work by Leo on William Lindley .
Honors
Leo received honors both during his lifetime and posthumously .
Dr. Ing. Eh
In 1929 the Technical University of Gdańsk awarded him the title of Dr. Honorary engineer .
Gustav-Leo-Strasse
In 1947, the street Rehhagen in Hamburg-Eppendorf was posthumously named after Gustav Leo.
Victims of National Socialism
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Gustav Heinrich Leo, his wife Lilli and his son Friedrich were victims of the National Socialists . Unlike his wife and son, Gustav Leo did not survive the Nazi era.
Gustav Heinrich Leo
In connection with an expert activity brought to Gustav Leo, it was officially established in 1935 that Leo was 'a quarter non-Aryan' . In 1938 the Association for Hamburg History refused to publish a submitted work Leo on William Lindley on the grounds that the author was not 'purely German-blooded' .
During World War II , Leo was charged with broadcasting crimes .
In addition, charges were brought against him for acts of state hostility . During a cure stay in Bad Wiessee , which he had undergone for the treatment of heart disease, Leo was born on September 27, 1944 arrested . The background to this was an exchange of letters with his son. Leo was taken to the Fuhlsbüttel concentration camp. On December 4, he was transferred to the Hamburg-Stadt remand prison on Holstenglacis.
In the remand prison, Leo did not receive the medicines he needed for life . After four days, on December 8, 1944, he was transferred to the Alsterdorf Evangelical Hospital . Gustav Leo died there on the same day at the age of 76.
On the family grave site Carl Leo , Hamburger Friedhof Ohlsdorf , grid square Z 12, 60-7 ( Norderstrasse southwest of Nordteich ), there is a pillow stone each for Gustav Heinrich Leo and his wife Lilli.
Lilli Leo
Lilli Leo was also charged with radio crimes and subversive activities . A week before her husband, on September 20, 1944, she came to Fuhlsbüttel. On November 25, she was transferred to the Hamburg-Stadt remand prison. One day before the British occupation troops marched in on May 3, 1945, she was released from remand prison. At the funeral of her husband she had not been allowed to attend.
Friedrich Leo
Friedrich Leo studied law . As a so-called mixed breed 2nd degree , he was only allowed to take the second state examination with a special permit. The lack of prospect of being able to work as a lawyer meant that he broke off his legal clerkship . In 1940 he was drafted into the Wehrmacht and stationed in France .
His parents sent him money there. This reached him with the help of relatives of the son of friends of the Leos living in Paris. The son of the Parisian friends lived with the Leos in Hamburg from 1943. He worked for an architect who was friends with Gustav and Lilli Leo. Civilians could have their earnings sent to their homeland through their employer. Leo used this to send money to his son through the architect's company. With this Friedrich Leo was caught. In order not to incriminate his parents, he accepted a penalty for embezzlement .
In 1944 he was transferred to the Wehrmacht remand prison in Hamburg-Altona . There he was informed that the relevant proceedings would be suspended until proceedings against him and his parents for acts of state hostility were pending . The complaint made in this regard was based on the content of an exchange of letters with his parents, which the Gestapo had before him.
After nine months in prison, on April 2, 1945, Friedrich Leo was ordered to join the field training regiment in Fürstenwalde. On May 2nd he was taken prisoner by the United States . From this he was released on July 13, 1945.
Web links
- Maria Koser: Dr. Gustav Heinrich Leo , accessed on January 13, 2020.
- Maria Koser: Dr. Ing. Eh Gustav Heinrich Leo . In: Patriotic Society, Stumbling Blocks for Jewish Members , accessed January 13, 2020.
Individual evidence
- ^ Gustav H. Leo: William Lindley. A pioneer of technical hygiene , working committee of the Hamburg construction industry, Hamburg 1969.
- ^ Gustav-Leo-Straße , accessed on January 13, 2020.
- ↑ Gustav Heinrich Leo pillow stone at frederiks.de
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Leo, Gustav |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Leo, Gustav Heinrich (full name) |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German civil engineer and senior construction director |
| DATE OF BIRTH | May 3, 1868 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Hamburg |
| DATE OF DEATH | December 8, 1944 |
| Place of death | Hamburg |