Heinrich Wiatrek
Heinrich Wiatrek (born July 1, 1896 in Gleiwitz , † October 29, 1945 in Bad Reiboldsgrün ) (pseudonym: Fritz Weber) was a German politician ( KPD ).
Live and act
Wiatrek was born in Upper Silesia in 1896 as the son of a worker. In 1922 he joined the KPD. For the party he took on several functions and offices. From 1927 Wiatrek was a city councilor in Gleiwitz . From 1929 he took over the function of an "organizational leader" in Upper Silesia for the KPD . At the same time he was for several years a member of the Provincial Parliament of Upper Silesia. From 1929/30 Wiatrek also took over functions in the revolutionary trade union opposition . From December 1918 to 1927 Wiatrek worked in the Reichsbahn repair shop in Gleiwitz.
From November 1932 to October 1934, Wiatrek attended the International Lenin School in Moscow as a chosen KPD functionary . In 1935 he became a member of the Central Committee of the KPD. He traveled to the German Reich under a false name and participated for the KPD in the resistance against the Nazi regime. He also took part in the KPD's Brussels conference . Wiatrek later became section leader north of the illegal KPD. He lived in Copenhagen , where the center of the northern branch of the illegal KPD was located. At times, Wiatrek, who had come into conflict with his own party and the Communist International on several occasions, took over the coordination of all KPD work in Scandinavia. In order to camouflage himself from the Gestapo after the German invasion of Denmark , Wiatrek adopted the pseudonym Fritz Weber.
Wiatrek was arrested by the Gestapo on May 19, 1941 and then taken to Hamburg for interrogation. The Gestapo was able to use the information obtained during these interrogations to obtain numerous other arrests. On September 24, 1941, Wiatrek was transferred to the Brandenburg prison. On May 17, 1943, the People's Court sentenced him to death. The execution was, however, repeatedly delayed due to the intervention of the Gestapo. At the end of April 1945 he was released. Wiatrek died of tuberculosis shortly after the end of the war .
literature
- Wiatrek, Heinrich . In: Hermann Weber , Andreas Herbst : German Communists. Biographisches Handbuch 1918 to 1945. 2nd, revised and greatly expanded edition. Dietz, Berlin 2008, ISBN 978-3-320-02130-6 .
- Siegfried Mielke , Stefan Heinz : Railway trade unionists in the Nazi state. Persecution - Resistance - Emigration (1933–1945) . Metropol Verlag, Berlin 2017, ISBN 978-3-86331-353-1 , pp. 299, 308, 575, 708 f. (Short biography).
Individual evidence
- ↑ Date and place of birth according to Michael Hepp, Hans Georg Lehmann: Expatriation Lists as Published in the Reichsanzeiger , 1933–45 . 1985, p. 45.
- ↑ Helmut Müssener: Exil in Schweden , 1974, p. 442.
- ↑ Michael Buckmiller , Klaus Meschkat : Biographical Handbook for the History of the Communist International , 2007, p. 304.
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Wiatrek, Heinrich |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Weber, Fritz (pseudonym) |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German politician (KPD) |
| DATE OF BIRTH | July 1, 1896 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Gliwice |
| DATE OF DEATH | October 29, 1945 |
| Place of death | Bad Reiboldsgrün |