Wilhelm Leuschner was a social-democratic politician who opposed the Third Reich until he was murdered. Wilhelm Leuschner, a stove fitter's son, was born in 1890. His father's name was also Wilhelm Leuschner, and his mother's name was Marie. Leuschner grew up in poverty. In 1903, he began an apprenticeship as a wood sculptor. After finishing this in 1907, he joined the trade union and, on the occasion of the Jugendstil Exhibition, he moved to Darmstadt, where he worked in a furniture factory.

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  • Wilhelm Leuschner was a social-democratic politician who opposed the Third Reich until he was murdered. Wilhelm Leuschner, a stove fitter's son, was born in 1890. His father's name was also Wilhelm Leuschner, and his mother's name was Marie. Leuschner grew up in poverty. In 1903, he began an apprenticeship as a wood sculptor. After finishing this in 1907, he joined the trade union and, on the occasion of the Jugendstil Exhibition, he moved to Darmstadt, where he worked in a furniture factory. In 1910, he joined the Social Democratic Party of Germany (SPD) and became more deeply involved with the union. He also wed Elisabeth Batz in 1911. After fighting in the First World War on the Eastern Front in 1916, he became a city councillor and Chairman of the Darmstadt Unions in 1919. In 1924, he became a member of the Hesse Legislature for the SPD. In 1928 he became Hesse's interior minister. In the Landtag at that time, Leuschner often found himself at odds with jurist and fellow Landtag member Dr. Werner Best, who represented the NSDAP, and would later go on to become very prominent in the Nazi régime. In January 1933, Leuschner was elected to the board of the Allgemeiner Deutscher Gewerkschaftsbund ("Nationwide German Union Federation"). In April 1933, after the Nazis had seized power in Germany, Leuschner was forced to resign, and gave up his office of Hessian Interior Minister. The following May brought Leuschner's arrest in the course of the Nazis' union-breaking programme. In June, he was arrested once again, mistreated, and held for a year in prisons and concentration camps (Börgermoor and Lichtenburg). In June 1934, he was released from the concentration camp and began to build up a resistance network. In 1936, he took over a small manufacturing workshop which produced pub utensils, but it soon became the hub of the "illegal Reich leadership of German unions". Leuschner struggled actively in those resistance groups close to the unions and maintained contact with the Kreisau Circle, and from 1939, also with the resistance group around Carl Friedrich Goerdeler. After the planned coup d'état, Leuschner was most likely to become Germany's vice-chancellor. However, Claus von Stauffenberg's attempt on Hitler's life at the Wolf's Lair in East Prussia on 20 July 1944 failed to kill the Führer. Leuschner was arrested on 16 August 1944, and was brought before the Volksgerichtshof, where he was sentenced to death. The sentence was carried out on 29 September 1944 at Plötzensee Prison in Berlin The Bundesland Hesse awards a medal named "Wilhelm-Leuschner-Medaille".
  • Wilhelm Leuschner war ein Gewerkschafter und sozialdemokratischer Politiker, der im Dritten Reich gegen den Nationalsozialismus kämpfte.
  • Wilhelm Leuschner était un homme politique allemand opposé au Troisième Reich et proche de Carl Friedrich Goerdeler. Présenti pour devenir Vice-chancelier après le Complot du 20 juillet 1944 contre Adolf Hitler, il est arrêté après l'échec de l'attentat et executé après un jugement devant la Volksgerichtshof.
  • Wilhelm Leuschner var en tysk fagforeningsmann og sosialdemokratisk politiker. Han ble medlem av SPD i 1913. Etter krigstjeneste under første verdenskrig ble han innvalgt i bystyret i hjembyen Darmstadt i 1919. I 1924 ble han innvalgt i den hessiske landdagen, og i 1928 ble han innenriksminister i Hessen. I denne stillingen gikk han bl.a. inn for utbyggingen av Autobahn. Leuschner var samtidig en overbevist motstander av nasjonalsosialismen. Etter at han offentliggjorte NSDAP-mannen Werner Bests planer om å gripe makten, ble han Bests personlige fiende og et viktig fiendebilde for mange nasjonalsosialister. I januar 1933 ble Leuchner innvalgt i styret i den tyske fagforeningen, og i april samme år ble han presset til å av som hessisk innenriksminister. Han fungerte samtidig som faktisk leder av den tyske fagforeningen, og avviste bestemt et samarbeid med nasjonalsosialistene. I mai 1933 ble han derfor fengslet første gang. I juni ble han fengslet på nytt, mishandlet og holdt i fengsler og konsentrasjonsleirer i et år. I juni 1934 ble han så løslatt, og begynte arbeide med å bygge opp et nettverk av antinazister. Han overtok i 1936 et lite verksted hvor den illegale fagforeningsledelsen møttes. Leuschner hadde kontakter til Kreisau-kretsen og fra 1939 også til Carl Friedrich Goerdelers konservative antinazistiske gruppe. Etter det planlagte statskuppet mot Hitler var det meningen at Leuschner skulle bli visekansler under Goerdeler. Etter at 20. juli-attentatet mislyktes ble Leuschner 16. august 1944 arrestert og dømt til døden av Folkedomstolen. Han ble henrettet 29. september i tukthuset Berlin-Plötzensee.
  • Вильгельм Лёйшнер — немецкий политический и профсоюзный деятель, участник заговора против Адольфа Гитлера.
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  • Wilhelm Leuschner was a social-democratic politician who opposed the Third Reich until he was murdered. Wilhelm Leuschner, a stove fitter's son, was born in 1890. His father's name was also Wilhelm Leuschner, and his mother's name was Marie. Leuschner grew up in poverty. In 1903, he began an apprenticeship as a wood sculptor. After finishing this in 1907, he joined the trade union and, on the occasion of the Jugendstil Exhibition, he moved to Darmstadt, where he worked in a furniture factory.
  • Wilhelm Leuschner war ein Gewerkschafter und sozialdemokratischer Politiker, der im Dritten Reich gegen den Nationalsozialismus kämpfte.
  • Wilhelm Leuschner était un homme politique allemand opposé au Troisième Reich et proche de Carl Friedrich Goerdeler. Présenti pour devenir Vice-chancelier après le Complot du 20 juillet 1944 contre Adolf Hitler, il est arrêté après l'échec de l'attentat et executé après un jugement devant la Volksgerichtshof.
  • Wilhelm Leuschner var en tysk fagforeningsmann og sosialdemokratisk politiker. Han ble medlem av SPD i 1913. Etter krigstjeneste under første verdenskrig ble han innvalgt i bystyret i hjembyen Darmstadt i 1919. I 1924 ble han innvalgt i den hessiske landdagen, og i 1928 ble han innenriksminister i Hessen. I denne stillingen gikk han bl.a. inn for utbyggingen av Autobahn. Leuschner var samtidig en overbevist motstander av nasjonalsosialismen.
  • Вильгельм Лёйшнер — немецкий политический и профсоюзный деятель, участник заговора против Адольфа Гитлера.
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