Koenen, Bernard
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| Birthname | Bernard Johann Heinrich Koenen | ||||
| born on | 17 February 1889 at 04:30 (= 04:30 AM ) | ||||
| Place | Hamburg, Germany, 53n33, 9e59 | ||||
| Timezone | LMT m9e59 (is local mean time) | ||||
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Biography
German Communist politician who served as his country's ambassador to Czechoslovakia from 1953 to 1958. Beyond his political offices, Bernard Koenen worked at teaching and journalism. His elder brother, Wilhelm Koenen (1886-1963), was also a German Communist politician.
On 12 February 1933, during the course of the Eisleben "Bloody Sunday" Nazi propaganda march several Communist leaders were killed: Koenen was assaulted and badly injured by S.A. members, as a result of which he lost an eye.
Bernard Koenen married Frieda Bockentien (1890-1968) during the First World War. Their sons Victor and Alfred both joined the Soviet Red army in order to be part of the fight against Nazi Germany. He died on 30 April 1964 aged 75 in East Berlin.
Relationships
- sibling relationship with Koenen, Wilhelm (born 7 April 1886)
- has other family relationship with Damerius-Koenen, Emmy (born 15 March 1903). Notes: Siblings-in-law
Events
- Crime : Assault/ Battery Victimization 12 February 1933 (Wounded, lost an eye)
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Source Notes
Sy Scholfield provided birth registry entry (no. 382) from Hamburg archives.
Categories
- Diagnoses : Body Part Problems : Accident/Injury (Wounded, lost an eye)
- Lifestyle : Home : Expatriate
- Vocation : Education : Teacher
- Vocation : Politics : Activist/ political
- Vocation : Politics : Party Affiliation
- Vocation : Politics : Public office
- Vocation : Writers : Columnist/ journalist
- Vocation : Misc. : Handyman (Machinist-Fitter)
- 1889 births
- Birthday 17 February
- Birthplace Hamburg, GER
- Sun 28 Aquarius
- Moon 13 Virgo
- Asc 28 Sagittarius
- 1964 deaths
- Diagnoses : Body Part Problems : Accident/Injury
- Lifestyle : Home : Expatriate
- Vocation : Education : Teacher
- Vocation : Politics : Activist/ political
- Vocation : Politics : Party Affiliation
- Vocation : Politics : Public office
- Vocation : Writers : Columnist/ journalist
- Vocation : Misc. : Handyman
