Fritz Henßler, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

    

Fritz Henßler

German politician

Date of Birth: 12-Apr-1886

Place of Birth: Altensteig, Baden-Württemberg, Germany

Date of Death: 04-Dec-1953

Profession: politician

Nationality: Germany

Zodiac Sign: Aries


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About Fritz Henßler

  • Fritz Henßler (born April 12, 1886 in Altensteig; died December 4, 1953 in Witten) was a German Social Democratic politician. Henßler joined the Social Democratic Party (SPD) in 1905.
  • He became managing editor of the Westfälische Allgemeine Volkszeitung, the Social Democratic party organ in the Westphalia region.
  • From 1920 to 1933 Henßler was leader of the SPD branch Dortmund and from 1922 to 1933 chairman of the SPD in the district "Western Westphalia".
  • In 1930 he was elected into the Reichstag. After the NSDAP came to power, Henßler had to give up his public offices.
  • He was arrested by the Gestapo in 1936 and was sentenced to one year in the prison Steinwache.
  • However, instead of being released after one year, Henßler was sent to Sachsenhausen concentration camp in 1937, where he was interned until 1945.
  • He survived the Death march to Mecklenburg in April and May 1945. Henßler continued his political activities after the war.
  • From 1946 to 1953 he was chairman of the SPD group in the state parliament of Northrhine-Westphalia and at the same time Mayor of Dortmund.
  • He was elected into the Bundestag in 1949 and into the European Parliament in 1952. Long-term effects of concentration camp imprisonment had weakened his health.
  • In 1953 Henßler rejected to again run for the Bundestag and he rejected the position as second federal chairman of the SPD.
  • He collapsed at a conference in November 1953 and died on December 4, 1953.

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