Gustav Thorun

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Stumbling block for Gustav Thorun in Bottrop

Gustav Thorun (born July 9, 1892 in Marienwalde . † June 19, 1939 in Bottrop ) was a German politician ( KPD ).

Thorun was a locksmith before he became a full-time party secretary of the KPD in Bottrop. There he was also a city councilor from 1924 to 1933 and chairman of the KPD parliamentary group. From 1930 to 1933 he was a member of the Provincial Parliament of the Province of Westphalia . This elected him in January 1930 to the Prussian State Council . After the National Socialists seized power , he resigned from the provincial parliament and state council and took part in the political resistance. After his arrest, he was held in " protective custody " from April 5, 1933 to June 22, 1934 . The reason for detention was preparation for high treason and illegal communist activity. Thorun died of the consequences of imprisonment in June 1939. A stumbling block in Bottrop, Vienkenstrasse 27 reminds of him.

literature

  • Joachim Lilla : The Prussian State Council 1921–1933. A biographical manual. With a documentation of the state councilors appointed in the “Third Reich”. (= Handbooks on the History of Parliamentarism and Political Parties , Volume 13.) Droste, Düsseldorf 2005, ISBN 978-3-7700-5271-4 , page 115.

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Remarks

  1. ↑ The city of Bottrop speaks of Mauernwalde, Krs Gerdauen as the place of birth; In the Gerdauen district , however, there is no Mauernwalde, but there is a Mauenwalde district
personal data
SURNAME Thorun, Gustav
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German politician
DATE OF BIRTH July 9, 1892
PLACE OF BIRTH Marienwalde
DATE OF DEATH June 19, 1939
Place of death Bottrop