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"Richard Kunze (5 February 1872 in Sagan – May 1945) was a German right-wing politician known for his anti-Semitism. Early years Kunze's political career began around 1914 when he was employed by the German Conservative Party along with fellow rightist Wilhelm Kube.Alastair P. Thompson, Left Liberals, The State, and Popular Politics in Wilhelmine Germany, Oxford University Press, 2000, p. 9 Serving the party as general secretary he earned 12,000 marks per month for a role that largely involved travelling Germany drumming up support.Thompson, Left Liberals, The State, and Popular Politics in Wilhelmine Germany, p. 64 Near the end of the war he became involved with the Fatherland Party where he gained the nickname Knüpple Kunze (Cudgel Kunze) because of strong attacks on the Jews.Paul Bookbinder, Weimar Germany: The Republic of the Reasonable, Manchester University Press, 1996, p. 45 Post- war activity After the war Kunze was associated with the Deutschvölkischer Schutz und Trutzbund and in 1920 he joined with Reinhold Wulle and Arnold Ruge to form the Deutschvölkischen Arbeitsring Berlin, a short-lived successor group.Uwe Lohalm, Völkischer Radikalismus: Die Geschichte des Deutschvölkischen Schutz- und Trutz-Bundes. 1919 - 1923 Leibniz-Verlag, Hamburg 1970, p. 258 The group was absorbed by the joined German National People's Party (DNVP) in June 1920 and Kunze joined the DNVP and became the party's chief publicist. However Kunze split from the party in 1921, feeling that it did not match his own hard-line stance on the Jews.Donald L. Niewyk, The Jews in Weimar Germany, Transaction Publishers, 2001, p. 50 German Social Party In 1921 Kunze established his own anti-Semitic party in north Germany known as the German Social Party, an early rival to the Nazi Party on the far right.Konrad Heiden, A History of National Socialism, Taylor & Francis, 1971, p. 23 The new party rejected the monarchism of the DNVP, arguing that Jewish influence had been just as pronounced in the German empire as in the new Weimar Republic. The party became noted for provocative street activities, with Kunze himself becoming a well-known demagogue.Manfred Weißbecker: "Deutschsoziale Partei 1921−1928", in: Dieter Fricke (ed.): Lexikon zur Parteiengeschichte. Die bürgerlichen und kleinbürgerlichen Parteien und Verbände in Deutschland (1789−1945). Band 2, Bibliographisches Institut, Leipzig 1984, p. 539 However support was lost as Kunze also gained a reputation for using the party as a way to make money for himself, diverting funds into his own pockets and after a number of defections he wound the party up in 1929.Bernd Kruppa: Rechtsradikalismus in Berlin 1918−1928. Overall- Verlag, Berlin 1988, pp. 300; 327ff; 362 Nazism In 1930 Kunze joined his old rivals as a member of the Nazi Party.Niewyk, The Jews in Weimar Germany, p. 52 Kunze was elected to the Preußischer Landtag as a Nazi delegate in 1932 and in the November 1933 he was elected to the Reichstag, serving in what by then had become a perfunctory institution until 1945. Kunze was arrested after the Battle of Berlin but went missing in May 1945 and was presumed dead.Ernst Rudolf Huber: Deutsche Verfassungsgeschichte seit 1789. Band 6, Die Weimarer Reichsverfassung. Kohlhammer, Stuttgart 1984, p. 282. References Category:1872 births Category:1945 deaths Category:People from Żagań Category:People from the Province of Silesia Category:German Protestants Category:German Conservative Party politicians Category:German Fatherland Party politicians Category:German National People's Party politicians Category:Nazi Party politicians Category:Members of the Reichstag of the Weimar Republic Category:Members of the Reichstag of Nazi Germany Category:Leaders of political parties in Germany Category:People declared dead in absentia "
"Edge High School is a public alternative high school in Tucson, Arizona, operated by The Edge School, Inc. It operates two campuses in the Tucson area. Edge Himmel Park opened in 1985 and is named after the nearby city park. It is the largest campus and home to the administrative offices. Edge Northwest opened 2004. With 172 students in grades 9-12, Edge Himmel Park has an 18 to 1 student-teacher ratio. History It was founded in 1985 and associated with Pima Community College and Pima County Adult Education. It became a charter school in 1995. Originally renting space in an office building built in 1962, the Edge Himmel Park school completed a "green" renovation in 2008 to improve energy efficiency and incorporate sustainable architectural features such as automatic lighting. References Category:Public high schools in Arizona Category:Schools in Tucson, Arizona Category:Charter schools in Arizona "
"Thomas William Thompson (1913–1985) is best known as Metropolitan Toronto's first Commissioner of Parks (from 1955 until 1981). He is known and recognized nationally and internationally for his work and his sign "Please Walk on the Grass." His most notable achievement was the conversion of the Toronto Island into an enormous park (including a private golf course). He proposed the 12 million dollar plan to level all the buildings and revitalize the area in 1963, and work was completed in 1968. In 1983, the northern half of the Leslie Street Spit was renamed Tommy Thompson Park in his honour. Biography Tommy Thompson was born in Toronto on October 15, 1913. The second son of Casa Loma head gardener Robert Thompson, he was born on the grounds of one of Toronto's most famous landmarks. He graduated from the Ontario Agricultural College in Botany in 1936. He became the horticulturist for the Toronto General Burying Grounds in 1936 and later worked as the Director of Research and Development for Cedarvale Tree Experts until he joined the Royal Canadian Air Force in 1943 as a navigator bombardier. Tommy Thompson was Superintendent of Parks and Recreation for the City of Port Arthur from 1946 to 1951. He returned to Toronto to become the Adviser on Parks and Recreation Facilities in the Community Services Branch of the Ontario Department of Education in 1951. Tommy Thompson joined the newly formed Metro government in 1955 where he was appointed the first Commissioner of Parks until his retirement in 1978. He acted as Interim General Director of the Metro Toronto Zoo from 1976 and continued as General Director from 1978 until his second retirement in 1981. He died on March 1, 1985 at Toronto Western Hospital following a battle with cancer. Tommy married his wife Beryl in 1937. They had three sons, Barry, Thomas Bryce and Randy. References * http://www.travelandtransitions.com/stories_photos/to_stories_island1.htm * http://www.toronto.ca/archives/ * By-law naming Tommy Thompson Park (Metro Council Minutes, Dec. 6 1983, P.2212) Category:Ontario municipal politicians Category:1913 births Category:1985 deaths Category:People from Toronto Category:Canadian conservationists "