Richard Buchhorn

Richard Buchhorn (born May 26, 1896 in Blankenburg (Harz) , † January 5, 1985 in Neindorf near Oschersleben ) was a German politician ( KPD ), a member of the Braunschweig Landtag in 1933 and Mayor of Blankenburg (Harz) in 1949/50 .

Life

Buchhorn, the son of a carpenter , learned the trade of a locksmith and became a member of the Socialist Workers' Youth (SAJ) in 1913 and the SPD in 1916 . Buchhorn fought in World War I , joined the USPD in 1919 and the KPD in 1920. He worked as a locksmith until 1928, then worked for the AOK for two years and then foreman.

From 1928 to 1931 Buchhorn was a member of the city ​​council of Blankenburg and the district council of Blankenburg for the KPD . On 21 February 1933 he took over as substitutes mandate resigned on February 16, 1933 Ernst Winter and became a deputy of the parliament Brunswick. After the National Socialists banned communist work in March 1933, Buchhorn lost his state parliament mandate after a few days.

At the end of 1933 Buchhorn was taken into so-called protective custody, from which he was released in 1934. Then he worked in the Junkers factories in Halberstadt , where he also did illegal anti-fascist work.

After the end of the Second World War , Buchhorn was appointed mayor of Blankenburg by the Soviet Military Administration (SMAD) in August 1945 and remained so until 1950. Later Buchhorn was head of the German Crafts Office in East Berlin .

Honors

• 1967 Patriotic Order of Merit in Bronze (GDR)

literature

• Hermann Weber , Andreas Herbst : German communists. Biographical Handbook 1918 to 1945 . 2nd, revised and greatly expanded edition. Dietz, Berlin 2008, ISBN 978-3-320-02130-6 ( online ).