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Шаблон:Short description Шаблон:Infobox officeholder Heinrich Georg Pick (16 November 1882 – 28 October 1947) was a German jurist and politician. He was the mayor of Szczecin from 1920 to 1933.

Biography

Heinrich Pick was born on 16 November 1882, in Wrocław, Kingdom of Prussia, German Empire (now part of Poland). He was the son of bank director and city councilor Georg Pick and Marie Pick (née Sachs). His father was of Jewish descent. Heinrich also had a brother Sigmund Pick.[1][2]

He graduated a high school in Wrocław, and studied the jurisprudence in Freiburg im Breisgau. In 1900, during his studies, he joined the Saxo-Silesia Freiburg student association. After graduation, he became a layer in training in Freiburg im Breisgau, and was in the reserve force of the 5th Baden Infantry Regiment No. 113 of the Prussian Army. In 1910, he was the keynote speaker at the 25th anniversary celebration of his student association, with his speech being titled The Speech on German Fraternity (German: Rede auf die Deutsche Burschenschaft).[1]

In 1912, he became a city assessor, and in 1917, a city councilor in Barmen.[1] On 17 January 1918, he married Margarethe Duisberg in Barmen.[2] From 1920 to 1933 he was the mayor of Szczecin.[1]

In 1933, after the Nazi takeover of the government, he and his brother have resigned from Saxo-Silesia Freiburg. His brother then emigrated to England, where he committed suicide. Heinrich Pick was deported and placed in the Theresienstadt Ghetto in Terezín, Protectorate of Bohemia and Moravia. He survived the Holocaust and World War II.[1]

He died on 28 October 1947 as a result of an illness in a hospital in Wiesbaden, American occupation zone in Germany (now part of Germany).[1][3]

References

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  1. 1,0 1,1 1,2 1,3 1,4 1,5 Helge Dvorak: Biographisches Lexikon der Deutschen Burschenschaft, vol. 1: Politiker, issue 4: M–Q. Heidelberg: Winter, 2000, p. 324. ISBN 3-8253-1118-X. (in German)
  2. 2,0 2,1 Geburtenregister, no. 4878/1882. Wrocław: Breslau Registry Office, 1882. (in German).
  3. Sterberegister, no. 2163/1947. Wiesbaden: Wiesbaden Registry Office, 1947. (in German)