Harry Poley
Harry Poley (born July 9, 1916 in Züllchow , Randow district , Pomerania ; † April 25, 2003 ) was a German tax officer and leading official of the Association of Expellees and the East Prussian Landsmannschaft . As the successor to State Secretary Ottfried Hennig , he was federal executive chairman of the East Prussian Landsmannschaft from 1990 to 1992. After the expulsion he lived in Duisburg , the later godparent town of the lost Königsberg .
Poley was born in Züllchow not far from Stettin, the son of a forester, but grew up in the Gerdauen district in East Prussia . After returning from captivity, he became a tax officer in Duisburg. In 1947 he was a co-founder of the local association of expellees and in 1952 of the local district group of the East Prussian Landsmannschaft (LO). From 1964 to 1975 he was its North Rhine-Westphalian state chairman, and from 1971 he was also deputy spokesman for the federal association of the LO. In addition, from 1985 he was a member of the presidium of the Federation of Expellees and was chairman of the board of trustees of the East Prussian Cultural Foundation . After Hennig's retirement from the office of spokesman for the East Prussian Landsmannschaft in September 1990, Poley took over this executive function until Wilhelm von Gottberg was elected in September 1992.
Harry Poley was the recipient of high honors for the expellees, including the Prussian shield of the East Prussian Landsmannschaft.
Individual evidence
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| SURNAME | Poley, Harry |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German tax officer and expellee official |
| DATE OF BIRTH | July 9, 1916 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Züllchow , Randow district, Pomerania |
| DATE OF DEATH | April 25, 2003 |