Heinrich Wichelmann
Heinrich Wichelmann (born January 1, 1893 in Altona ; † January 20, 1974 in Hamburg ) was a German journalist, politician of the SPD and member of the Hamburg parliament.
Life
Heinrich Wichelmann is the son of a railway fitter from Altona . He attended elementary school there and then did a business apprenticeship. From 1914 to 1918 soldier in World War I ; Wounded in 1918. Active in the SPD since 1919. From 1919 to 1933 he worked as an editor at Hamburger Echo . Heinrich Wichelmann had been a book expert and helper in tax matters since 1937 .
After the First World War he became a city councilor and deputy chairman of the SPD in the Prussian city of Wandsbek . After the takeover of the Nazis Wichelmann in 1933 and 1944 (as part of the storm action ) in protective custody taken and also lost his job.
After the war , Wichelmann was a member of the provisional state executive of the Hamburg SPD and was appointed to the Appointed Hamburg Citizenship in February 1946 . The citizenship he should become a thing even 1946-1961. He took over the SPD chairmanship in the Wandsbek district, which is now part of Hamburg . In Wandsbek he was also a member of the district assembly , in 1966 its age president and meanwhile chairman of the SPD parliamentary group. For many years he was chairman of the supervisory board of the Hamburg-Wandsbek housing association from 1897 .
Professionally, Wichelmann began to work as a journalist again immediately after the war. In the summer of 1945 he belonged to the circle along with Erich Klabunde , Alfred Frankenfeld and others who made the first attempt to found a professional association of Hamburg journalists. Later he took over the office of treasurer of the professional association of Hamburg journalists. The main area of work of the journalistic activity was local politics and therein housing and financial issues. In 1959 he finished his active daily journalistic work.
Individual evidence
- ^ SPD Wandsbek 1863–1950, publisher: SPD Hamburg and Kreis Wandsbek, Hamburg 1988, p. 75
- ↑ Entry at historyoffice.de ( Memento from September 27, 2007 in the Internet Archive )
- ^ Hamburger Abendblatt of April 29, 1966 ( Memento of August 8, 2014 in the Internet Archive )
- ↑ Hamburger Abendblatt of November 14, 1963 ( Memento of August 8, 2014 in the Internet Archive )
- ^ Christian Sonntag: Media careers. Biographical studies on post-war journalists from Hamburg 1946-1949, Martin Meidenbauer Verlag, 2006, p. 78, ISBN 3899755774 . Partly available online on Google Books .
- ↑ Hamburger Abendblatt from September 30, 1959 ( Memento from August 8, 2014 in the Internet Archive )
Sources and evidence
- SPD-Hamburg: For freedom and democracy. Hamburg Social Democrats in Persecution and Resistance 1933-1945 , Hamburg 2003, p. 446.
- Hamburger Abendblatt from January 21, 1974 on the death of Heinrich Wichelmann ( Memento from August 8, 2014 in the Internet Archive )
personal data | |
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SURNAME | Wichelmann, Heinrich |
BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German politician (SPD), Member of the Bundestag and journalist |
DATE OF BIRTH | January 1, 1893 |
PLACE OF BIRTH | Altona |
DATE OF DEATH | 20th January 1974 |
Place of death | Hamburg |