Bruno Kurowski
Bruno Kurowski (born 12 January 1879 in Marienburg, † 1944 in Danzig) was a German jurist and politician ( center ) in Gdansk.
Life and work
Kurowski was born the son of a Catholic master tailor in Marienburg. After graduation he studied law at the Albertina in Königsberg. As a student, he was an active member of the Catholic Student Association Borussia Königsberg in CT. Following his assessor work with the district court Danzig, he settled as a lawyer and notary in the Hanseatic city.
In January 1919 Kurowski was elected as a candidate of the center in the Weimar National Assembly, in which he represented the electoral district of Gdansk. After separation of Gdansk by the German Reich under the provisions of the Treaty of Versailles Kurowski resigned from the National Assembly. He became head of the Centre Party in the Free City of Danzig and now member and majority leader of the center in Gdańsk People's Day instead. In 1926 he was also parliamentary Senator of the city. For the Austrian State Kurowski also officiated as consul general, or Honorary Consul in Danzig. In 1920, Kurowski had the lawyer Aenne Schmitz married, with which he pursued a common law practice. By Maria Schmitz, the sister of his wife, he was related to Mary's husband, the metallurgists, Krupp board member and spear - staff Eduard Houdremont.
A certain sensation was caused by Kurowski, as he documented in his capacity as the legal representative of the Centre cases where in Gdansk public ( rather than private ) was elected or otherwise, the choice was limited.
Due to its activity as an Austrian Consul General Kurowski was arrested in October 1937 and charged with treason. After the dissolution of the Gdansk section of the Centre Party and the absence of the center on a protest to the authorities responsible for Danzig League of Nations in Geneva, the trial of Kurowski as " consideration " was put down by the authorities ( League of Nations Commissioner was Carl Jacob Burckhardt ). Under the condition that he will no longer be allowed to enter the area of Gdansk, Kurowski was released from prison and expelled from Danzig. While his wife remained until 1945 as an attorney in Gdansk, Kurowski went first to Austria, then moved but - after the Nazi connection - the beginning of 1938 to Italy on. Since he could not find in Italy No permanent accommodation, Kurowski made his way to St. Tönis. There he remained hidden until it was heavily damaged during the Second World War by a bomb in the home of his wife. Then Kurowski went to Pomerania, where his wife had bought him a lawyer representation. As the owner of the firm was exempted from military service, Kurowski had to leave the firm.
In March 1940, Kurowski was again, this time, was arrested by the Gestapo. Kurowskis Schwippschwager Eduard Houdremont, 1942 Special Representative of the Kingdom of the metal conversion to saving materials, presented among others at Hermann Goering, to secure his release. After a consultation with the Reich Security Main Office succeeded Houdremont at least ensure that Kurowski was not sent to a concentration camp. Later Kurowski regained freedom. With the help of his wife, which has now been achieved Kurowski to find a new hiding in the convent of the Grey Nuns in Danzig- Oliva. But as his health continues to deteriorate, so that hospitalization was necessary, he had to give this hideout to seek treatment: Kurowskis wife turned to this effect to the Danzig police chief and demanded the ban on residence for her husband in Gdansk abolished if this could legally seek medical treatment. After this happened, Kurowski was admitted to a hospital Gdansk, where he died in 1944.
Kurowskis woman continued to work in Gdansk as a lawyer until 1945 the town was occupied by the Red Army. Then she went to Krefeld, where she was one of the first women in Germany to post a Government Commissioner took before joining the Foreign Office in 1952.