Peter Schneider (politician, 1909)
Peter Schneider (born May 10, 1909 in Hanover ; † April 9, 1984 ibid) was a German politician ( SPD ), Spain fighter and resistance fighter against National Socialism .
Life
Schneider did an apprenticeship as a machine fitter from 1923 to 1927 and was apprentice chairman at the German Metalworkers' Association (DMV). In 1923 he became a member of the Socialist Workers' Youth (SAJ), later he joined the SPD. From 1925 to 1933 he was a member of the Reichsbanner Schwarz-Rot-Gold .
After the " seizure of power " by the National Socialists in 1933, he was dismissed from the Reichspost because of his membership of the SPD and the Reichsbanner . From May 1935 he was a works worker at the station post office. Schneider was a member of the Socialist Front resistance group and was involved in distributing the socialist papers . He was responsible for sending them to locations outside of Hanover. In March 1936 he fled to the Netherlands , where he often met Werner Blumenberg . In January 1937 he went to Spain via Paris , where he fought in the ranks of the International Brigades for the Spanish Republic.
In July 1937, however, he returned via Paris and went to Amsterdam . Here he was arrested on October 26, 1940. On March 17, 1941, he was sentenced to five years in prison by the Hamm Higher Regional Court, which he had to spend in Hameln .
Schneider was chairman of the SPD department in Ricklingen from 1947 to 1963 .
Honors
The Peter-Schneider-Weg , which was laid out in the Hanoverian district of Wettbergen in 1990, has since honored the resistance fighter with its name.
literature
- Bernd Rabe : The Socialist Front. Social Democrats against Fascism 1933–1936. Torch bearer, Hanover 1984, ISBN 3-7716-2309-X .
- Karin Theilen: Socialist papers. The organ of the “Socialist Front” in Hanover 1933–1936. Hahnsche Buchhandlung, Hannover 2000, ISBN 3-7752-5813-2 .
- Klaus Mlynek : Schneider, (1) Peter . In: 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. 320.
- Klaus Mlynek: Schneider, (1) Peter . In: Klaus Mlynek, Waldemar R. Röhrbein (eds.) U. a .: City Lexicon Hanover . From the beginning to the present. Schlütersche, Hannover 2009, ISBN 978-3-89993-662-9 , p. 547.
Web links
Individual evidence
- ^ Helmut Zimmermann : Peter-Schneider-Weg . In: The street names of the state capital Hanover . Verlag Hahnsche Buchhandlung , Hannover 1992, ISBN 3-7752-6120-6 , p. 195.
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Schneider, Peter |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German politician (SPD) and resistance fighters |
| DATE OF BIRTH | May 10, 1909 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Hanover |
| DATE OF DEATH | April 9, 1984 |
| Place of death | Hanover |