Heinrich Zieger

Heinrich Zieger (born February 24, 1900 in Eisenach ; † December 28, 1933 there ) was a German communist politician, works council and anti-fascist resistance fighter .

Live and act

Stumbling block for Heinrich Zieger, Frankfurter Strasse 104, Eisenach

Born to the turner Franz Zieger and his wife Dorothea Spieß, Heinrich Zieger attended elementary school in Eisenach until 1914. He then worked as an unskilled worker until his death in the Hörselwerke in his hometown, a company specializing in the production of folding rules . In 1921 he married Anna Bienstock.

At the age of 18, Zieger declared his entry into the KPD and became a member of the union . In 1925 he was elected chairman of the works council at Hörselwerke . In 1928 Zieger was appointed organizational leader of the KPD for the Eisenach sub-district, and four years later he was elected to the Eisenach city council. Here he exercised the function of deputy parliamentary group leader of his party. Zieger is considered to be a co-founder of the Red Front Fighters Association in Eisenach.

After the National Socialists came to power , he was a member of the leadership of the illegal KPD local group in Eisenach. He was briefly arrested in March 1933 and arrested again on October 26, 1933. After weeks of interrogation and torture in the Eisenach district prison, he committed suicide on December 28, 1933.

In his hometown a street with his name reminds of him. A stumbling block was laid in Eisenach in 2013 in memory of him (see also the list of stumbling blocks in Eisenach ).

literature

Eisenach writings on local history , issue 11

Individual evidence

↑ Hermann J. Rupieper, Alexander Sperk (ed.): The situation reports of the Secret State Police for the Province of Saxony 1933-1936 , Vol. 3: District Erfurt, Böhlau, Halle / Saale 2006, p. 51, footnote 102. See also Monika Kahl : Thuringia . In: Memorials for the Victims of National Socialism. A documentation . Volume II. Federal Agency for Civic Education, Bonn 2000, pp. 779–913, here: p. 811.

personal data
SURNAME	Zieger, Heinrich
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	German KPD functionary and anti-fascist resistance fighter
DATE OF BIRTH	February 24, 1900
PLACE OF BIRTH	Eisenach
DATE OF DEATH	December 28, 1933
Place of death	Eisenach

[1] Hermann J. Rupieper, Alexander Sperk (ed.): The situation reports of the Secret State Police for the Province of Saxony 1933-1936 , Vol. 3: District Erfurt, Böhlau, Halle / Saale 2006, p. 51, footnote 102. See also Monika Kahl : Thuringia . In: Memorials for the Victims of National Socialism. A documentation . Volume II. Federal Agency for Civic Education, Bonn 2000, pp. 779–913, here: p. 811.