Otto Brennecke

Otto Brennecke (born October 29, 1882 in Groß Mahner ; † October 3, 1936 in Hanover ) was a German politician ( SPD ) and trade unionist .

Life

Brennecke, a tailor by trade , joined the SPD in November 1905. From April 1910 he was managing director of the association of tailors, dressmakers and linen workers , from 1918 Gauleiter Braunschweig of this union, which from 1920 was called the German clothing workers' association . From 1927 to 1933 he was ADGB District Secretary Braunschweig-Hannover. Brennecke was also a member of the ADGB federal committee. From 1929 to 1932 he was also a member of the Provincial Parliament of Hanover. After the " seizure of power " by the National Socialists in 1933, Brennecke joined the resistance group Socialist Front .

Brennecke died on October 3, 1936. The Neue Vorwärts reported that Brennecke was mistreated during an action against social democrats and trade unionists and died as a result. According to his daughter Hildegard, who was married to the trade unionist Albin Karl , Brennecke actually died of a heart attack at the news of his imminent arrest.

Works

• On the history of the trade unions in Lower Saxony. The General German Trade Union Confederation (written in 1929). In: New Archive for Regional and Folklore of Lower Saxony , 6 (1948), pp. 301–339.

See also

• The victims of National Socialism among the parliamentarians from Lower Saxony areas

literature

• Klaus Mlynek , Waldemar R. Röhrbein (ed.): Hanover Chronicle : from the beginnings to the present. Numbers, data, facts . Schlütersche, Hannover 1991, ISBN 3-87706-319-5 , p. 178.
• DGB archive in the archive of social democracy (ed.): Slain - executed - driven to death. Trade unionists as victims of National Socialism . Friedrich-Ebert-Stiftung, Bonn 1995, ISBN 3-86077-384-4 , p. 41.
• Dirk Böttcher , Klaus Mlynek, Waldemar R. Röhrbein, Hugo Thielen : Hannoversches Biographisches Lexikon . From the beginning to the present. Schlütersche, Hannover 2002, ISBN 3-87706-706-9 , p. 71.
• Beatrix Herlemann : memorial plaque "The victims of National Socialism among the parliamentarians from Lower Saxony areas". The victims' biographies. Ed .: The President of the Lower Saxony State Parliament, Hanover 2007, p. 6.