Hermann Albertz
Hermann Albertz (born January 24, 1877 in Lünen , † after April 21, 1945 in the Bergen-Belsen concentration camp ) was a social democratic politician .
Live and act
Albertz learned the professions of carpenter and carpenter after elementary school . Until 1909 he worked as a carpenter and at times as a carpenter-machine master in Duisburg . From 1909 to 1933 he was branch manager of the Niederrheinische Arbeiterzeitung and Volksstimme in Oberhausen .
From 1919 to 1933 Albertz was city councilor in Oberhausen and was chairman of the local SPD organization and the subdistrict. Between 1930 and 1933 he was a member of the Prussian state parliament .
Albertz was imprisoned several times during the National Socialist regime. In 1933 he was initially held in so-called protective custody . In November 1937 he was temporarily in custody . In August 1944 Albertz was arrested again in connection with the grid action . He was initially imprisoned in Sachsenhausen concentration camp and later was transferred to Bergen-Belsen concentration camp. There his traces are lost.
Albertz was the father of the also social democratic politician Luise Albertz . A street in Oberhausen is named after him.
literature
- Franz Osterroth : Biographical Lexicon of Socialism . Deceased personalities . Vol. 1. JHW Dietz Nachf., Hannover 1960, pp. 249-250.
- Social Democratic Party of Germany (ed.): Committed to freedom. Memorial book of the German social democracy in the 20th century. Marburg 2000, ISBN 3-89472-173-1 , p. 19.
Web links
- Hermann Albertz's biography . In: Wilhelm H. Schröder : Social Democratic Parliamentarians in the German Reich and Landtag 1876–1933 (BIOSOP)
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Albertz, Hermann |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German politician |
| DATE OF BIRTH | January 24, 1877 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Luenen |
| DATE OF DEATH | after April 21, 1945 |
| Place of death | Bergen-Belsen concentration camp |