Hermann Radtke

Hermann Radtke (born August 15, 1875 in Quatzow , district of Schlawe i. Pom. , † August 3, 1969 in West Berlin ) was a German politician ( SPD ).

Hermann Radtke was the son of a shepherd and came to Berlin with his family in 1887 . He did an apprenticeship as a plasterer and in 1893 joined the "Central Association of German plasterers, plasterers and related professionals" and the SPD. From 1895 he worked full-time for his union. During the First World War he was drafted as a radio operator on the Western Front in 1916 . Radtke switched to the Independent Social Democratic Party of Germany (USPD) and became a member of the Central Committee of the USPD.

After the war, Radtke became director of the labor and housing office in the (then still independent) town of Neukölln in 1919 . In the Berlin election in 1920 he was elected to the city ​​council of Greater Berlin . In 1921 he was elected by the Neukölln district assembly as a paid city councilor and deputy district mayor . A year later he returned from the USPD to the SPD. After the " seizure of power " by the National Socialists , Radtke had the swastika flag removed from the Neukölln town hall several times , so he was first given leave of absence in March 1933 because of "national unreliability" and finally released.

Hermann Radtke's grave of honor

After the Second World War , Radtke was given the honor of City Elder of Berlin in August 1955 on the occasion of his 80th birthday . In January 1965 he was awarded the pensions for the period from 1933 onwards. After his death, he was given an honorary grave by the city of Berlin at the Britz I cemetery (grave site 5-W 3-26).

literature

• Active Museum Association : In Front of the Door - Berlin City Councilors and Magistrate Members persecuted under National Socialism 1933–1945 , Berlin 2006, ISBN 978-3-00-018931-9 , page 315 f.

Web links

• friedparks.de - biography