Michael Poeschke

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Michael Georg Poeschke (6 March 1901 in Erlangen - 10 May 1959 in Langenzenn) was a German politician (SPD) and mayor of Erlangen from 1946 to 1959. [1]

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Life before 1933

Michael Poeschke was born as the ninth child of a tailor in 1901. In 1915 he started his apprenticeship as drafter . The same year he joined the sozialistische Arbeiterjugend, a socialist youth organisation. He was the head of Erlangen's subgroup from 1919 to 1923. In 1919 Poeschke joined the SPD. After he became editor of the Erlanger Volksblatt in 1923, he was elected the first chairman of Erlangen's SPD one year later. [2]

Whilst Nazism

Poeschke was arrested in March 1933 and later moved to the Dachau concentration camp. In April he was released due to the inauguration of the Bavarian Landtag, which he became member of after its recreation. Shortly after, Poeschke had to go to hospital because of his injuries resulting of his detention.

After being arrested again on 30 June 1933 he was released on 20 June 1934 and afterwards moved to Upper Silesia. In 1939 he was conscripted by the Wehrmacht.[ citation needed ]

After World War II

On 6 August 1945 Poeschke was elected 2. mayor of Erlangen. One year later, on 4 September 1946, he became Erlangen's mayor and thus the successor of Anton Hammerbacher. He was reelected in 1948 as well as 1952 (with 92.4% of all votes) and in 1958 (57.8%). [3]

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References

  1. ↑ AG, ESTW - Erlanger Stadtwerke. "ESTW - Erlanger Stadtwerke AG - Michael Poeschke". www.estw.de (in German). Archived from the original on 2017-10-03. Retrieved 2017-10-03.
  2. ↑ "Poeschke Michael Georg". www.tenhumbergreinhard.de. Retrieved 2017-10-03.
  3. ↑ "Eine Stadt im Wandel der Zeit". 2008-03-20. Archived from the original on 2008-03-20. Retrieved 2017-03-30.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: bot: original URL status unknown (link)
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