Kurt Schmidt (resistance fighter, 1913)
Kurt Schmidt (born January 25, 1913 in Berlin-Lichtenberg ; † July 9, 1947 in Berlin ) was a German politician ( SPD ) and resistance fighter against National Socialism .
Kurt Schmidt attended secondary school , completed an apprenticeship as a machine tool fitter and then trained as an engineer in mechanical engineering . He joined the Socialist Workers' Youth (SAJ) and was elected to the Berlin executive committee in 1930. He also joined the SPD and joined the “ New Beginning ” group. After the " seizure of power " by the National Socialists , Schmidt was expelled from the SPD in April 1933 - together with Erich Schmidt , Eberhard Hesse , Kurt Mattick and Fritz Erler - because the SPD was still hoping for the legal path. Schmidt was arrested in 1938 and sentenced a year later to twelve years in prison by the People's Court for “preparing for high treason”. Among other things, he was in Brandenburg prison , but was able to escape shortly before the end of the war.
After the Second World War , Schmidt was an employee of Gustav Klingelhöfer in the central committee of the SPD and also an opponent of the union of the SPD and KPD . He became deputy chairman of the SPD Neukölln and political secretary of the SPD Berlin . In the first Berlin election in 1946 he was elected to the city council of Greater Berlin , but in July 1947 he died of the effects of an appendix operation. His successor in parliament was then Hans Lehnert .
Schmidt was one of the five new founders of the Arbeiterwohlfahrt (AWO) in Berlin in 1946, the Allied Command confirmed him, as did Louise Schroeder , Franz Neumann , Ida Wolff and Bruno Lösche .
literature
- Werner Breunig, Siegfried Heimann , Andreas Herbst : Biographical Handbook of Berlin City Councilors and Members of Parliament 1946–1963 (= series of publications by the Berlin State Archives . Volume 14 ). Landesarchiv Berlin , Berlin 2011, ISBN 978-3-9803303-4-3 , p. 237 (331 pages).
- Hans-Rainer Sandvoss : Resistance in Neukölln , Berlin: German Resistance Memorial Center 1990, p. 88 ff.
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| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Schmidt, Kurt |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German politician (SPD), member of the city council of Greater Berlin |
| DATE OF BIRTH | January 25, 1913 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Berlin-Lichtenberg |
| DATE OF DEATH | July 9, 1947 |
| Place of death | Berlin-Lichtenberg |