Arthur Werner, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

Arthur Werner

German politician

Date of Birth: 15-Apr-1877

Place of Birth: Berlin

Date of Death: 27-Jul-1967

Profession: engineer, politician

Nationality: Germany

Zodiac Sign: Aries

Arthur Victor Hugo Werner (15 April 1877 in Berlin – 27 July 1967) was the first Mayor of Berlin after World War II.
In 1907 Werner had graduated as an engineer at the Technical University of Charlottenburg.
He ran a private technical college until 1942 when Nazi authorities forced him to retire. On 17 May 1945 he was appointed mayor by the Soviet administration of Berlin under Nikolai Berzarin, confirmed by the western Allies after the division of the city into four sectors in July 1945.
After the elections of 20 October 1946 Werner resigned in favour of Otto Ostrowski. He was the oldest former Minister-President of Germany from gaining his office on 17 May 1945 until 28 February 1966 and was succeeded by Wilhelm Kaisen.

Abraham Pisarek (1901–1983)
Description	Jewish-German photographer
Date of birth/death	24 December 1901	24 April 1983
Location of birth/death	Przedbórz	West Berlin
Work period	From 1929 on; worked also during WWII; from the end of the 1950s on nearly exclusively theatre photography.
Work location	Berlin
Authority control	: Q330503 VIAF: 54800253 ISNI: 0000 0000 2523 7400 LCCN: n79122828 GND: 11250776X SUDOC: 146380460 WorldCat