Union works
The former Union works in the original district of today's Radebeul were one of the most important companies in the Saxon packaging and advertising material industry until the Second World War.
history
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In 1887, the “Saupe & Busch metal poster factory and mint” was founded in the Radebeul factory district on the border with Dresden at Meißner Strasse 1–15. As a packaging manufacturer, it grew continuously up to the turn of the century. In 1890 the plant received its own railway connection from Radebeul Ost station . In 1898, in addition to the metal embossed posters and advertising panels, the product range was expanded to include sheet metal packaging . The workforce grew from 60 employees in 1895 to over 300 employees in 1905.
In 1907, after the bankruptcy of its owner Richard Busch (1864–1944), the father of the writer Gertrud Busch , the company was taken up by the Union-Werke GmbH Metallplakate- und Blechemballagen-Fabrik , newly founded for this purpose . By 1913, Union-Werke had grown to more than 1,000 employees, making it the second largest employer in the region. On November 28, 1917, with effect from October 1, 1917, the legal form was changed from a limited liability company to a stock corporation. The business purpose of the company was "Production of advertising posters and signs in metal printing, enamel and pressed material, of tin cans and bulk metal articles as well as household articles and everyday objects in simple and artistic execution".
The production program in the first half of the 20th century consisted of sheet metal packaging for cosmetic and pharmaceutical products as well as for confectionery and tobacco products, signs (including traffic and street signs) as well as posters and billboards for more than 35 breweries from all over Germany. The number of employees in the 1920s and 1930s fluctuated between 400 and 800 employees, depending on the order situation.
The built-up area was about one hectare. The Union works almost completely took up the small part of Radebeul, which is east of the federal highway 4 . Since the company premises would have been separated from the rest of Radebeul by the construction of the Reichsautobahn in 1938, it was decided to use a bridge solution in the area of the connected commercial areas. The building, named after the Unionbrücke company , was rebuilt between 1997 and 2000 as part of the motorway expansion.
During the Second World War, the "Sächsische Blechwarenfabrik Radebeul, branch of the IA Schmalbach Blechwarenwerke AG Braunschweig" maintained the " Forced Labor Camp Radebeul, Meißner Strasse No. 3", consisting of "1 barrack, occupied by 60 Ukrainians and 3 Polish women" who were used as forced laborers .
A UDA production, Fondation pour la Mémoire de la Shoa “MORNING Memory” from 2010, published 14 testimony reports of those deported to the Auschwitz-Birkenau camp who had worked for the Union-Werke. Liliane Esrail-Badour, Raphaël Esrail and Ida Grinspan report (8 hours long) how they worked: 12 hours a day “A conveyor belt with small grenades”, monitored by the SS (“The hierarchy consisted of civilians and SS”).
After 1945 the company was expropriated, largely dismantled and then continued as a state-owned company Union-Emballagen- und Enaillierwerk until the mid-1950s, until 1972 as Radebeul enamel cast or Radebeul tool factory . The VEB Werkzeugfabrik Radebeul was in the Werkzeugkombinat Schmalkalden incorporated (brand name Smalcalda). Most of the company buildings were used by third parties from 1948 or as storage rooms for the trade organization HO and the People's Solidarity . From 1990 the premises had to be partially demolished. For a while there was a car dealer at no. 3 directly on Meißner Strasse.
A new user, a car dealership, had the steel construction from 1927 refurbished in 2008, with fixtures from previous companies being removed.
literature
- Frank Andert (Red.): Radebeul City Lexicon . Historical manual for the Loessnitz . Published by the Radebeul City Archives. 2nd, slightly changed edition. City archive, Radebeul 2006, ISBN 3-938460-05-9 .
Web links
Individual evidence
- ↑ a b share of Union-Werke AG art print metal goods and poster factory
- ↑ Union Bridge. In: Structurae .
- ↑ Walter Wießner; Reinhardt Balzk: Forced laborers in Dresden . Edition 2004. No. 63 ( Memento from January 26, 2009 in the Internet Archive )
- ↑ Walter Wießner; Reinhardt Balzk: Forced laborers in Dresden . Edition 2004. Footnote 134 ( Memento from January 26, 2009 in the Internet Archive )
Coordinates: 51 ° 5 ′ 33.5 ″ N , 13 ° 41 ′ 56.5 ″ E