Max Opitz
Max Ernst Opitz (September 11, 1890 – January 7, 1982) was a German politician and Holocaust survivor. Life Opitz was born on September 11, 1890, in Bernsdorf, Zwickau, the son of a miner. After attending elementary school, he completed an apprenticeship as a carpenter from 1905 to 1908. In 1911 he was drafted into military service, served seven years in the Uhlan Regiment No. 21. He was wounded several times in the First World War. In 1915 he married for the first time. During the German Revolution, he was elected to his regiment's soldiers' council. After his discharge from the army, he became a founding member of the Communist Party of Germany (KPD) in 1919. In 1920 he moved to Chemnitz. From 1923, Opitz held a succession of regional leadership roles in the KPD. From 1926 to 1930 he was a member of the Landtag of the Free State of Saxony. In 1932, Opitz was elected to the Landtag of Prussia, where he would remain until the Nazi Party seized power in 1933. On February 7, ...
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Bernsdorf, Zwickau
Bernsdorf () is a municipality in the district of Zwickau in Saxony in Germany. Bernsdorf is part of the Municipal association ''Rund um den Auersberg''. The population as of 2007 was 2,505. Notable people * Max Opitz (1890-1982), 1949-1951 Lord Mayor of Leipzig Leipzig (, ; ; Upper Saxon: ; ) is the most populous city in the States of Germany, German state of Saxony. The city has a population of 628,718 inhabitants as of 2023. It is the List of cities in Germany by population, eighth-largest city in Ge ... * Gerhard Thieme (born 1928), sculptor * Volker Bigl (1942-2005), physician and brain researcher, * Gottfried Klimbt (born 1943), athlete References Zwickau (district) {{Zwickau-geo-stub ...
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