Heinrich Trinowitz, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

    

Heinrich Trinowitz

German politician

Date of Birth: 20-May-1879

Place of Birth: Jegłownik, Warmian-Masurian Voivodeship, Poland

Date of Death: 10-Jan-1929

Profession: politician, trade unionist

Nationality: Germany

Zodiac Sign: Taurus


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About Heinrich Trinowitz

  • Heinrich August Trinowitz (born 20 May 1879 in Fichthorst; died 10 January 1929 in Königsberg was a notable German unionist and social democratic politician (Social Democratic Party of Germany). After a very sad and joyless childhood he was educated at the Knabenschule Elbing.
  • Then he completed an apprenticeship as a cabinet maker and pursued this trade until 1911. From 1906 to 1911, he was a member on the board of directors of the local sickness-fund for cabinetmakers (Ortskrankenkasse der Tischler).
  • Furthermore he was the chairman of the local branch of the German Woodworkers Association (Deutscher Holzarbeiter-Verband) as well as a member of the Industrial Court at Elbing from 1909 to 1911. After that Trinowitz was from 1911 to 1919 the Union Official (Gewerkschaftssekretär) for the Branch at Tilsit.
  • In 1919 he was appointed as District Manager (Gauvorsteher) of the large district of East Prussia of the German Woodworkers Association until his death in 1929.
  • His post was Tilsit until 1926 and then Königsberg).
  • In the years 1912, 1922 and 1925 Trinowitz was delegate at the German labour union congresses of the wood workers.
  • Trinowitz was, from 1919 to 1921, Member of the Prussian House of Representatives (Preußischer Landtag).
  • In addition, he was, from 1919 to 1925, Member of the City Council of Tilsit as well as a member of the provisional German Council on Economic Affairs (Reichswirtschaftsrat) as a representative of the trades' workers from 1921 until 1929. In Tilsit Trinowitz was also the chairman of the local Social Democratic Party of Germany's Council of Education as well as a member on the board of directors of the local Consumers' Co-operative from 1914 to 1926.
  • He was deemed unfit for military service in World War I because of a work related accident as cabinetmaker, which caused the loss of his right thumb.
  • Prior to World War I, he encountered difficulties with the police by defamation of Emperor Wilhelm II in a public speech. Heinrich August Trinowitz represented the social democratic politicians and activists of the trade-unionism, who abolished the German Imperial Monarchy (Deutsches Kaiserreich) and established the first parliamentarian German Republic, known as the Weimar Republic or officially as Deutsches Reich. Also, he was a journalist for the party and union press.

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