Franz Heitgres

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Franz Heitgres (October 23, 1906 – November 12, 1961)[1] was a German politician (KPD) and Senator in Hamburg.

Life and work[edit]

Heitgres joined the Communist Party (KPD) in 1928 and was a member of the Wasserkante district leadership of the Communist Youth Association of Germany (KJVD). Additionally, he served as the chairperson of the Red Sports Movement Wasserkante and was responsible for publishing the newspaper 'Roter Nordsport.' In 1932, due to political differences with the KPD leadership, he was relieved of this responsibility and expelled from the party.[2][3]

During the Nazi era, he was imprisoned for two years in the Neuengamme concentration camp due to his political convictions.[2][4] In the Federal Republic of Germany, he served as the chairman of the Committee of Former Political Prisoners, the Hamburg state association of the Association of Persecutees of the Nazi Regime, until 1950.

As the head of the Office for Restitution and Refugee Assistance, he was a member of the Senate Petersen appointed by the British occupying forces from November 13, 1945, to November 15, 1946. In 1946, he was also a member of the appointed Hamburg Parliament. In 1954, due to criticism of the situation in the Soviet occupation zone, he was expelled from the KPD and joined the Social Democratic Party (SPD).[5] The expulsion was justified citing 'systematic subversive activities and a hostile attitude towards the party leadership.[6]

References[edit]

  1. ^ "Heitgres, Franz (Senator, wurde aus der KPD ausgeschlossen, geb. 23.10.1906 Hamburg, gest. 12.11.1961 Hamburg) - Deutsche Digitale Bibliothek". www.deutsche-digitale-bibliothek.de (in German). Retrieved 2023-11-24.
  2. ^ a b Günter Benser: Der deutsche Kommunismus. Selbstverständnis und Realität. Band 4: Neubeginn ohne letzte Konsequenz (1945/1946). Dietz, Berlin 2009, S. 283.
  3. ^ Herbert Diercks: Hamburger Fußball im Nationalsozialismus, herausgegeben von der KZ-Gedenkstätte Neuengamme, Hamburg 2016, S. 22
  4. ^ Alyn Beßmann/Lennart Onken: Überlebt! Und nun? - NS-Verfolgte in Hamburg nach ihrer Befreiung, Herausgeber: Stiftung Hamburger Gedenkstätten und Lernorte, S. 44
  5. ^ Schmoock, Matthias (2008-02-23). "Wie ein KPD-Mann aus dem Senat flog". www.abendblatt.de (in German). Retrieved 2023-11-24.
  6. ^ "Wolfgang Beck und Hans-Dieter Brederlau (Hrsg.), Europa bauen. Festschrift für Max Horkheimer zum 70. Geburtstag am 14. Februar 1965, Frankfurt am Main 1965". Bredelgesellschaft.de. Archived from the original on 2014-02-22. Retrieved 2023-11-24.
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