Otto Antrick

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Otto Antrick

Otto Friedrich Wilhelm Antrick (born November 24, 1858 in Landsberg an der Warthe , † July 7, 1924 in Braunschweig ) was a German industrialist ( cigarette manufacturer and dealer) and politician ( SPD ). At the beginning of the 1920s, he was director of the State Food Office in Braunschweig.

Life

Antrick attended elementary schools in Thorn, Berlin, Landsberg and Danzig from 1864 to 1872 and then began to work as a cabin boy because his father was a ship owner. In 1876 he joined the SPD and in 1889 was a member and chairman of the SPD agitation commission in Brandenburg . From 1904 to 1906 he was a councilor for the city ​​of Berlin and from 1906 to 1919 party secretary in Braunschweig.

Political career

He was a member of the Reichstag of the German Empire from 1893 to 1903. Antrick still holds the record for the longest speaking time in a German parliament. On December 13, 1902, he spoke in the Reichstag for a total of 8 hours, thus delaying a vote ( filibuster ) to increase the grain tariffs.

He introduced his speech with the following words: “It's no fun for me, it's an effort for me, but I'm doing my duty here [...] I will not - as long as my physical strength suffices - this position [the lectern] leave, you may do what you want. ”Nowadays, this record could not be broken, because the members of the German Bundestag debate after the Berlin hour . From January 1912 to November 1918 he was again a member of the German Reichstag. From 1918 until his death he was a member of the Braunschweig State Parliament .

After the First World War , Antrick was a member of the Braunschweig Council of People's Representatives , where he was responsible for trade and transport from March 1, 1919 to April 30, 1919. He served from June 26, 1919 to June 22, 1920 as Minister of State for Food, Trade and Transport in the state government led by Prime Minister Heinrich Jasper and from November 25, 1921 to March 28, 1922 as Minister of State for Trade, Transport, Domains, Forestry and finances in the state government headed by Prime Minister August Junke . From March 28 to May 22, 1922 he was acting Prime Minister of the Free State of Braunschweig .

Private

Antrick was married twice and had a son, Prof. Otto Antrick (April 17, 1909–1984), who last taught political science at the University of Giessen .

literature

  • Otto Antrick . In: Franz Osterroth : Biographical Lexicon of Socialism. Deceased personalities . Vol. 1. JHW Dietz Nachf., Hanover 1960, p. 11.

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b c biography of Otto Antrick . In: Wilhelm H. Schröder : Social Democratic Parliamentarians in the German Reich and Landtag 1876–1933 (BIOSOP)
  2. ↑ Imperial Statistical Office (ed.): The Reichstag elections of 1912. Issue 2. Verlag von Puttkammer & Mühlbrecht, Berlin 1913, p. 101 (Statistics of the German Reich, Volume 250)
  3. ↑ Marathon speakers - Look who's still speaking at einestages.spiegel.de, accessed on August 28, 2013.
  4. ↑ December 13, 2007 - 105 years ago: Eight-hour speech in the Reichstag on wdr.de, accessed on August 28, 2013.
  5. ^ Wilhelm Heinz Schröder : Social Democratic Members of the Reichstag and Candidates for the Reichstag 1898-1918. Biographical-statistical manual (= manuals on the history of parliamentarism and political parties. Volume 2). Droste, Düsseldorf 1986, ISBN 3-7700-5135-1 , p. 74.
  6. ↑ The Free State of Braunschweig - The State Governments 1918–1933 on gonschior.de, accessed on August 28, 2013.
personal data
SURNAME Antrick, Otto
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Antrick, Otto Friedrich Wilhelm (full name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German industrialist and politician (SPD), MdR, Prime Minister of the Free State of Braunschweig
DATE OF BIRTH November 24, 1858
PLACE OF BIRTH Landsberg on the Warta
DATE OF DEATH July 7, 1924
Place of death Braunschweig