Peter Zink

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Peter Zink (born December 22, 1907 in Erlangen ; † January 10, 2004 there ) was a German trade unionist and politician ( SPD ). From 1954 to 1974 he was a member of the Bavarian State Parliament .

Personal and professional

Peter Zink was born in Erlangen in 1907 as the son of a carpenter and grew up in the Stubenloh district. In 1913 he joined the Workers' Gymnastics and Sports Club (ATSV) in Erlangen. From 1921/22 he was a member of the Socialist Workers' Youth , the SPD and the ADGB .

After attending primary school, Zink completed an apprenticeship as a technical draftsman at Reiniger, Gebbert & Schall from 1922 , where he also worked after completing his training. After the National Socialists came to power, he was arrested in 1933 for his trade union and SPD involvement and taken to the Dachau concentration camp . After his release in October 1933, Zink was initially banned from his profession and worked as a representative.

In 1934 Peter Zink married Erna Margarete Hartmann (1909 to 1994), whom he knew from the socialist youth workers. From 1936, Peter Zink returned to his previous employer (now Siemens-Reiniger-Werke ). He completed further training as a designer. As head of the standards department and apprentice trainer, he was not drafted into the Wehrmacht as "indispensable".

After retiring from his political and trade union offices, Peter Zink lived in Erlangen until his death in 2004.

Union engagement

From 1922 on, zinc was a member of the General German Trade Union Federation . After the Second World War, he was instrumental in rebuilding the trade unions in Erlangen and Bavaria and organized the establishment of works councils. He himself was a member of IG Metall . From 1946 to 1971 he was chairman of the works council of Siemens-Reiniger-Werke and a member of its supervisory board.

politics

Peter Zink joined the Socialist Workers' Youth (SAJ) and the SPD in 1921. From 1927 he headed the SAJ in Erlangen. In 1928 he became editor of the SPD newspaper “Erlanger Volksblatt”.

After the Nazi era, Peter Zink became politically active again. In 1946 he was elected to the Erlangen city council. He was a member until 1963.

From 1954 Peter Zink was a member of the Bavarian State Parliament, to which he belonged until 1974; In 1954, 1958, 1962, 1966 and 1970, zinc was always directly elected to the “Erlangen-Stadt und Land” constituency. In the Bavarian State Parliament he was a member of the Committee for Economics and Transport from 1955 to 1972, from 1958 to 1962 and 1966 to 1970 the Advisory Board of the State Commissioner for the Transfer of Companies into State Property and from 1972 to 1974 the Committee for Submissions and Complaints.

From 1954 to 1969 Peter Zink was chairman of the Erlangen SPD. In the Mayor election in 1959, he was defeated by Heinrich Lades ( CSU ).

Honors

  • In 1964 he received the Bavarian Order of Merit .
  • In 1967 Peter Zink was awarded the Hans Böckler Medal by IG Metall.
  • In 1971, Zink received the Federal Cross of Merit, 1st class .
  • In 1972, Zink was made an honorary citizen of his hometown.
  • In 1974 the Friedrich-Alexander-Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg made him an honorary senator.
  • In 1983, Zink received the Georg von Vollmar Medal from the Bavarian SPD.
  • In 1987 zinc was awarded the Bavarian Constitutional Medal.
  • Since the second anniversary of his death in 2006, the Zink family, IG Metall and the SPD Erlangen have been awarding the Peter Zink Prize to youth groups and young people who have made a contribution to building a lively democracy in the trade union, the SPD or related organizations . The prize is awarded every two years.
  • On his 100th birthday on December 22, 2007, a path in the Röthelheimpark in Erlangen was named after Peter Zink.

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personal data
SURNAME Zink, Peter
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German trade unionists and politicians (SPD), MdL
DATE OF BIRTH December 22, 1907
PLACE OF BIRTH gain
DATE OF DEATH January 10, 2004
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