Paul Steen
Paul Steen (born December 23, 1905 in Lübeck , † 1938 in Spain ) was a German politician of the KPD .
The trained locksmith Steen worked in various professions, went to sea and later worked for the AG Weser in Bremen . In 1929 he became a member of the KPD. From 1932 he was head of the Bremen sub-district and from 1932 to 1933 a member of the Communist Party of Germany in the Lübeck citizenship, one of the smaller of the German state parliaments . He was arrested by the National Socialists in 1933 and went underground after his release at the end of the year. In the Spanish Civil War he fought as a member of the XI. International Brigade and fell in Spain in 1938 as political commissar of one of its companies.
Paul-Steen-Straße in the St. Jürgen district is named after him. A stumbling stone in front of Stitenstrasse 25 in Lübeck reminds of his fate.
literature
- Hermann Weber , Andreas Herbst (ed.): German communists. Biographical Handbook 1918 to 1945 . 2nd, revised and greatly expanded edition. Dietz, Berlin 2008, ISBN 978-3-320-02130-6 ( online ).
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Steen, Paul |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German politician (KPD) |
| DATE OF BIRTH | December 23, 1905 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Lübeck |
| DATE OF DEATH | 1938 |
| Place of death | Spain |