Heinrich Stöhr

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Heinrich Stöhr (born September 12, 1904 in Weißenburg in Bavaria ; † December 9, 1958 in Treuchtlingen ) was a German politician of the SPD and inmate carer in the Dachau concentration camp .

Life

Stöhr, Protestant, was married to Else, nee Schultheiss.

Stöhr joined the SPD at the age of 18 and was arrested as an SPD functionary in April 1934. “I was a socialist, I am a socialist and I will stay one.” These courageous words, which Stöhr spoke before the Munich Higher Regional Court , earned him around ten years in a prison and concentration camp . In 1940 he was sent to the Dachau concentration camp . From 1941 he was head nurse in the phlegmon department. He enforced better conditions in his department and saved many prisoners of different nationalities ("Angels of Dachau") with the effort of his life.

Stöhr, who was smuggled out of the camp by an SS doctor shortly before the end of the war, devoted himself to rebuilding the SPD and the state with all his might after returning to Weißenburg.

During the Nuremberg Trials in December 1946, Stöhr witnessed the prosecution at the medical trial .

Stöhr was a member of the constituent state assembly and the 1st Bavarian state parliament as a member of the constituency of Middle Franconia and was re-elected in 1950, 1954 and 1958.

After his re-election in 1958, he collapsed on the way to the opening of the state parliament at Treuchtlinger Bahnhof. "I've worked too much in the last six months" were his last words. He died unexpectedly on December 9, 1958, of complications from a heart attack.

At the cremation in Nuremberg, the SPD state chairman and resistance fighter Waldemar von Knoeringen paid tribute to his deputy: "It was his party, he went through the deepest humiliation and recovery with it and he always remained the good person in the service of his fellow men."

literature

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b c 'German Biographical Archive (DBA)' 1945 fish number 1271, p. 242.
  2. ↑ 'Who is who?' 12 edition of Degener's Wer ist's 1955 (611);
  3. ↑ List of witnesses in the medical trial ( memento of the original from May 24, 2010 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. on www.nuremberg.law.harvard.edu  @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / nuremberg.law.harvard.edu

Web links

Biography of Heinrich Stöhr in the Weißenburger Stadtlexikon

personal data
SURNAME Stöhr, Heinrich
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German politician (SPD), MdL
DATE OF BIRTH September 12, 1904
PLACE OF BIRTH Weißenburg in Bavaria
DATE OF DEATH December 9, 1958
Place of death Treuchtlingen