Walter Pöhls
Walter Pöhls (born June 28, 1909 , † January 15, 1971 ) was an artist, resistance fighter against National Socialism and a member of the Hamburg citizenship .
Live and act
The trained carpenter Pöhls worked as an interior designer and freelance painter in Hamburg. He joined the Socialist Workers' Youth (SAJ) in 1924 and the SPD in 1927 . There he finally held the office of district secretary. After the National Socialist seizure of power , he was initially imprisoned for two years as a " protective prisoner " in the Fuhlsbüttel concentration camp . Then he was sentenced to two years in prison for “preparing to commit high treason ”. Between 1935 and 1937 he was imprisoned in the Börgermoor concentration camp and in the Freiendiez prison near Limburg . He did his military service in a parole battalion .
He had taken over the design of brochures for the youth organization of the SPD - the falcons .
From 1946 he worked again in the Hamburg SPD. There he was a member of the district board and from 1966 a member of the Hamburg parliament until his death on January 15, 1971.
literature
- Ulrich Bauche : Work and Destruction: The Neuengamme Concentration Camp 1938-1945 , VSA-Verlag, 1986, ISBN 3879753563 , p. 25
- Hartmut Soell: Helmut Schmidt, 1918 - 1969: Reason and Passion , DVA, 2004, ISBN 978-3-42105352-7 , p. 366
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| personal data | |
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| SURNAME | Pöhls, Walter |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German politician (SPD), MdHB, artist |
| DATE OF BIRTH | June 28, 1909 |
| DATE OF DEATH | 15th January 1971 |