Horst Bergemann

Horst Robert Wilhelm Bergemann (born May 28, 1917 in Bromberg , Kingdom of Prussia , † October 10, 1978 in Cologne ) was a German manager .

Bergemann graduated from high school in Potsdam in 1936 . He then completed his military service and took part in World War II as an officer . In 1947 Bergemann was released from captivity and took up a position as a civilian with the United States' armed forces stationed in Germany . He worked there for twelve years before joining Ford in 1959 as a job evaluation specialist . In August 1973, in his role as head of human resources, he announced the dismissal of 300 Turkish guest workers, which led to a wildcat strike .

In March 1975 Bergemann was appointed director for human resources and social affairs at the Ford factory in Cologne. Bergemann was also a board member of the Federal Labor Office and from 1974 to 1978 chairman of the employers' association of the metal and electrical industry in Cologne. On November 9, 1977, the Board of Trustees of the Federal Institute for Occupational Safety and Health in Dortmund elected him as their new chairman.

Bergemann was president of the Ford Cologne tennis club. In 1951 he married Gertraud Konietzko in Frankfurt. He died at the age of 61 in a Cologne hospital.

Honors

1978: Cross of Merit 1st Class of the Federal Republic of Germany

literature

Arbeitsschutz , W. Kohlhammer Verlag, 1978 in the Google book search

Individual evidence

^ Annual report of the Confederation of German Employers' Associations. Federal Association of German Employers' Associations BDA, 1978, p. 9.
↑ ^a ^b Death certificate No. 9048 dated October 11, 1978, Cologne registry office. In: LAV NRW R civil status register. Accessed May 31, 2018 .
↑ "The big strike was not my idea" , accessed on February 26, 2013
^ DIE ZEIT, edition 10/1979
↑ Announcement of awards of the Order of Merit of the Federal Republic of Germany. In: Federal Gazette . Vol. 31, No. 5, January 9, 1979.

personal data
SURNAME	Bergemann, Horst
ALTERNATIVE NAMES	Bergemann, Horst Robert Wilhelm (full name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	German manager
DATE OF BIRTH	May 28, 1917
PLACE OF BIRTH	Bromberg , Kingdom of Prussia
DATE OF DEATH	October 10, 1978
Place of death	Cologne

[1] Annual report of the Confederation of German Employers' Associations. Federal Association of German Employers' Associations BDA, 1978, p. 9.

[:0-2] Death certificate No. 9048 dated October 11, 1978, Cologne registry office. In: LAV NRW R civil status register. Accessed May 31, 2018 .

[3] "The big strike was not my idea" , accessed on February 26, 2013

[4] DIE ZEIT, edition 10/1979

[5] Announcement of awards of the Order of Merit of the Federal Republic of Germany. In: Federal Gazette . Vol. 31, No. 5, January 9, 1979.