Wilhelm Leuschner
1890–1944
- Nationality
- German Reich
- Occupation
- politician
Wilhelm Leuschner (15 June 1890, in Bayreuth, Bavaria â 29 September 1944, in Berlin-Plötzensee) was a trade unionist and Social Democratic politician.
Incarceration history
Facilities
- JVA RockenbergDates unknown
- Börgermoor concentration campDates unknown
Biography
Wilhelm Leuschner (15 June 1890, in Bayreuth, Bavaria â 29 September 1944, in Berlin-Plötzensee) was a trade unionist and Social Democratic politician. An early opponent of Nazism, he organized underground resistance in the labour movement. As a result of their involvement in the assassination attempt on Hitler in 1944, Leuschner was executed.
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