Heinrich Trinowitz

Who was Heinrich Trinowitz?

Heinrich August Trinowitz was a notable German unionist and social democratic politician

After an education at the Knabenschule Elbing, he completed an apprenticeship as a cabinetmaker and pursued this trade until 1911.

From 1906 to 1911, he was a member on the board of directors of the local sickness-fund for cabinetmakers. Furthermore he was the chairman of the local branch of the German Woodworkers Union as well as a member of the Industrial Court at Elbing from 1909 to 1911. After that Trinowitz was the branch manager of East Prussia of the German Woodworkers Union from 1911 until he met his death in 1929. His post was Tilsit. In the years 1912, in 1922 as well as in 1925 Trinowitz was delegate at the German labour union congresses of the wood workers. In Tilsit Trinowitz was also the chairman of the local Social Democratic Party of Germany's Council of Education as well as a member on the board of directors of the local Consumers' Co-operative from 1914 onwards. He was unfit for military service in World War I because of a work related accident as cabinetmaker, which caused the loss of his right hand thumb. Prior to World War I, he encountered difficulties with the police by defamation of Emperor Wilhelm II in a public speech.