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Herbert Tulatz
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'''Herbert A. Tulatz''' (21 June 1914 – 28 June 1968) was a [[German people|German]] trade unionist and anti-Nazi activist.
Born in [[Breslau]], Tulatz became a bank clerk, also joining the [[Social Democratic Party (Germany)|Social Democratic Party]] and becoming active in the trade union movement. He continued working for the movement after it was banned by the Nazis. In 1936, he was arrested by the [[Gestapo]], and spent the next three-and-a-half years in prisons and labour camps. On release, he found work with a publishing house, but in 1942 was then conscripted into the [[999th Light Afrika Division (Wehrmacht)|999th Light Afrika Division]], a [[penal battalion]]. He was captured by the American forces in Tunisia in 1943 and spent two-and-a-half years as a [[prisoner-of-war]]. For much of this period, he was in [[Fort Devens]] with other anti-Nazi activists, and became the camp spokesman..<ref name="carew">Liquid error: wrong number of arguments (given 1, expected 2)</ref><ref name="il">Liquid error: wrong number of arguments (given 1, expected 2)</ref><ref></ref>
After [[World War II]], Tulatz returned to publishing work, then began working for the [[German Trade Union Confederation]]. In 1952, he became the director of the confederation's trade union training college, in [[Oberursel]]. In 1959, he went to Nigeria, on a fact-finding mission for the [[International Labour Organisation]]. In 1961, he began working for the [[International Confederation of Free Trade Unions]], as its Assistant General Secretary, with responsibility for education. In 1967, he organised the first ICFTU World Congress on Education, in [[Montreal]]. He died, still in office, in 1968.<ref name="carew" /><ref name="il" />
==References==
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[[Category:1914 births]]
[[Category:1968 deaths]]
[[Category:German people of World War II]]
[[Category:German resistance members]]
[[Category:German trade unionists]]
[[Category:People from Breslau]]
Born in [[Breslau]], Tulatz became a bank clerk, also joining the [[Social Democratic Party (Germany)|Social Democratic Party]] and becoming active in the trade union movement. He continued working for the movement after it was banned by the Nazis. In 1936, he was arrested by the [[Gestapo]], and spent the next three-and-a-half years in prisons and labour camps. On release, he found work with a publishing house, but in 1942 was then conscripted into the [[999th Light Afrika Division (Wehrmacht)|999th Light Afrika Division]], a [[penal battalion]]. He was captured by the American forces in Tunisia in 1943 and spent two-and-a-half years as a [[prisoner-of-war]]. For much of this period, he was in [[Fort Devens]] with other anti-Nazi activists, and became the camp spokesman..<ref name="carew">Liquid error: wrong number of arguments (given 1, expected 2)</ref><ref name="il">Liquid error: wrong number of arguments (given 1, expected 2)</ref><ref></ref>
After [[World War II]], Tulatz returned to publishing work, then began working for the [[German Trade Union Confederation]]. In 1952, he became the director of the confederation's trade union training college, in [[Oberursel]]. In 1959, he went to Nigeria, on a fact-finding mission for the [[International Labour Organisation]]. In 1961, he began working for the [[International Confederation of Free Trade Unions]], as its Assistant General Secretary, with responsibility for education. In 1967, he organised the first ICFTU World Congress on Education, in [[Montreal]]. He died, still in office, in 1968.<ref name="carew" /><ref name="il" />
==References==
<references />
[[Category:1914 births]]
[[Category:1968 deaths]]
[[Category:German people of World War II]]
[[Category:German resistance members]]
[[Category:German trade unionists]]
[[Category:People from Breslau]]
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