Otto Horn (union official)
Otto Horn (born July 26, 1905 ; † March 31, 1967 ) was an Austrian trade union official , prisoner in Buchenwald concentration camp and party functionary .
Life
Horn joined his country's union early on. In 1937 he came for political reasons in detention . After the " Anschluss of Austria " to the German Reich , he was interned in Buchenwald concentration camp from 1939 to 1945, where he worked as a clerk in the electricians' detachment. He participated in the prisoner resistance in the camp, in which he u. a. technically prepared the illegal reception of foreign radio news. Horn was a member of the International Camp Committee (ILK).
After the prisoners' uprising and the liberation of the Buchenwald concentration camp by the 3rd US Army , he said goodbye to his Austrian comrades on May 16 when they returned home. Horn became a member of the Politburo of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of Austria (KPÖ) and was a leading trade union official.
publication
- Twenty years of the Austrian General Union of Trade Unions , Vienna: Stern-Verl. Ges., 1965
literature
- Emil Carlebach / Willy Schmidt / Ulrich Schneider (eds.): Buchenwald a concentration camp. Reports - Pictures - Documents , Bonn 2000, p. 119, ISBN 3-89144-271-8
Individual evidence
- ↑ Author collective: Buchenwald. Reminder and obligation. Documents and reports, Berlin 1983, p. 658
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Horn, Otto |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Austrian party functionary (KPÖ) |
| DATE OF BIRTH | July 26, 1905 |
| DATE OF DEATH | March 31, 1967 |