Kurt Frolich
Kurt Frölich (born May 27, 1893 in Leipzig , † June 7, 1941 in Dresden ) was a Dresden worker functionary and resistance fighter .
Life
Kurt Frölich grew up as a child of Leipzig workers. After attending school, he learned the profession of typesetter . He joined the socialist youth movement and later the SPD . Due to the upbringing in his parents' home and his own experiences as a soldier in World War I , he became a staunch opponent of the war and took part in the November Revolution in 1918 . Disappointed by the politics of the right-wing SPD leadership during the November Revolution, Frölich temporarily joined the anarchist movement.
In 1919 Frölich became a member of the "East settlement" association, which supported the young Soviet power . During this time he met his future wife Elsa Frölich (1898–1990). He took part in the fighting against the Kapp Putsch in Leipzig in 1920 . In the same year he became a member of the KPD . From 1921 to 1925 he lived and worked with his family in the Soviet Union .
Frölich returned to Germany with his family in 1925 and took a job in Dresden in the printing works of the KPD daily newspaper for East Saxony, the Workers' Voice . He belonged to the KPD district leadership in East Saxony and worked as a propagandist and instructor, especially in Dresden- Leuben .
After the seizure of power , Kurt Frölich was arrested in March 1933, taken to the Volkshaus , which had been converted into a prison , and abused by the SA . He was later transferred to Pretrial Prisons I and II of the Dresden Higher Regional Court and, after his conviction, was first transferred to the Colditz concentration camp and, in 1937, to the Sachsenburg concentration camp . Although Frölich was released due to his health, he died as a result of the abuse he had suffered. His urn grave is located in the honor grove of the Dresden Heath Cemetery, where his wife was later buried.
Commemoration
In 1946 the Krusestrasse in Dresden-Strehlen was renamed Kurt-Frölich-Strasse. The 66th Polytechnic High School was given the honorary name "Kurt Frölich"; after the reunification it became the 66th middle school. The painting Worker and Machine , created in 1924 and showing Kurt Frölich, is by Wilhelm Lachnit . Among other things, it was shown in a special exhibition at the New Masters Picture Gallery in 2000 .
literature
- Kurt Frolich . In: Museum for the History of the City of Dresden: Biographical notes on Dresdner Strasse and squares that recall personalities from the labor movement, the anti-fascist resistance struggle and the socialist rebuilding . Dresden 1976, p. 28.
Web links
- Kurt Frölich in the Stadtwiki Dresden
Individual evidence
- ↑ Lisa Werner: Between Hope and Resignation. The New Masters Picture Gallery is reminiscent of Wilhelm Lachnit . In: Dresdner Latest News , February 28, 2000, p. 10.
personal data | |
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SURNAME | Happy, Kurt |
BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Dresden worker functionary and resistance fighter |
DATE OF BIRTH | May 27, 1893 |
PLACE OF BIRTH | Leipzig |
DATE OF DEATH | June 7, 1941 |
Place of death | Dresden |