Heinrich Bock (resistance fighter)
Heinrich Bock (born April 20, 1899 in Sachsenhagen , † May 3, 1945 in Neustädter Bucht ) was a German politician ( SPD ) and resistance fighter against National Socialism .
Life
After an apprenticeship as a painter , Bock also worked as a caretaker . On November 12, 1929, he was elected mayor of the SPD in Hanover for the first time (city councilor). On June 12, 1933, Bock was re-elected to the mayor council. On June 28, his mandate was withdrawn by the National Socialists. He was arrested the same year but soon released.
Bock belonged to the resistance group around the trade unionist Albin Karl , who before 1933 had been second chairman of the factory workers ' association. After the assassination attempt on July 20, 1944 , Bock was arrested again as part of the " Operation Grid ", initially taken to the Ahlem police substitute prison and transferred to Neuengamme concentration camp at the end of August 1944 . When the concentration camp was cleared at the end of April 1945, Bock and thousands of other prisoners had to go to the Bay of Lübeck , where they were put on ships. When the Cap Arcona sank , Bock was killed.
Honors
- The Heinrich-Bock-Hof was laid out in Hanover-Ricklingen in 1952.
literature
- Gerda Zorn : city in resistance . Röderberg, Frankfurt am Main 1965, p. 92ff.
- Dirk Böttcher , Klaus Mlynek, Waldemar R. Röhrbein, Hugo Thielen : Hannoversches Biographisches Lexikon . From the beginning to the present. Schlütersche, Hannover 2002, ISBN 3-87706-706-9 , p. 59.
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| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Bock, Heinrich |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German politician (SPD) and resistance fighters against the Nazi regime |
| DATE OF BIRTH | April 20, 1899 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Sachsenhagen |
| DATE OF DEATH | May 3, 1945 |
| Place of death | Neustadt Bay |