Wilfried Acker

Wilfried Acker (born February 16, 1908 in Schwenningen , † November 15, 1979 in Stuttgart ) was a German politician of the KPD . He was a member of the Advisory State Assembly of the State of Württemberg-Hohenzollern and a member of the State Parliament for Württemberg-Hohenzollern .

Life

The trained precision mechanic joined the KPD in 1928. In 1930 he became sub-district leader of the party in Schwenningen. From March 1933 to September 1934 he was imprisoned in the Heuberg and Kuhberg concentration camps. In 1935 he managed to escape to Zurich , where he was active for the defense apparatus of the KPD group in Switzerland until the police arrested him in September 1937 and expelled him to France. From there he immediately returned to Switzerland and stayed illegally in Basel until 1942 , where he headed the local KPD group. After being arrested again in April, he was detained. In May 1945 he returned to Germany. There he became KPD state chairman in Hohenzollern , a member of the advisory state assembly of the state of Württemberg-Hohenzollern and from 1947 until its dissolution in 1952 a member of parliament and KPD faction chairman in the state parliament for Württemberg-Hohenzollern . He then moved to the GDR with his wife Paula Acker , but returned alone to the Federal Republic in 1955 and was a member of the KPD state leadership in Baden-Württemberg in 1955/56 . He later joined the DKP .

Individual evidence

↑ Biographical information up to 1945 based on Hermann Wichers: Wilfried Acker. In: Historical Lexicon of Switzerland . November 11, 1997 , accessed July 1, 2019 .
↑ Biographical information from 1945 is based on: Herbert Crüger, Verschwiegene Zeiten. From the secret apparatus of the KPD to the state security prison . LinksDruck, Berlin 1990, ISBN 978-3-86153-002-2 , p. 225.

personal data
SURNAME	Acker, Wilfried
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	German politician (KPD), MdL
DATE OF BIRTH	February 16, 1908
PLACE OF BIRTH	Schwenningen
DATE OF DEATH	November 15, 1979
Place of death	Stuttgart

[1] Biographical information up to 1945 based on Hermann Wichers: Wilfried Acker. In: Historical Lexicon of Switzerland . November 11, 1997 , accessed July 1, 2019 .

[2] Biographical information from 1945 is based on: Herbert Crüger, Verschwiegene Zeiten. From the secret apparatus of the KPD to the state security prison . LinksDruck, Berlin 1990, ISBN 978-3-86153-002-2 , p. 225.