Alexander Kaul (politician)

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Alexander Kaul (born July 4, 1901 in Hameln , † October 15, 1972 in Athens ) was a Hessian politician ( GB / BHE ) and a member of the Hessian state parliament .

Life

After graduating from high school, Kaul studied law and economics at the Universities of Heidelberg and Munich and received his doctorate. He then worked in publishing and as a business consultant.

Alexander Kaul had already joined the NSDAP on August 29, 1922 . After it was banned, he only rejoined it after the " seizure of power " on May 1, 1933 ( membership number 2.945.510). According to his own statement (in the later arbitration proceedings ), he resigned from it in 1942. Kaul was also a member of the SA .

In the Second World War he did military service and was then taken prisoner of war. After the war, Alexander Kaul was a founding member of the GB / BHE in Hessen. On March 10, 1955, he stood up for the resigned MP Walter Preißler in the Hessian state parliament, of which he was a member until November 30, 1958.

Between March 1, 1956 and February 28, 1963, he was State Commissioner for the promotion of the Hessian emergency areas and zone outskirts in the Hessian State Chancellery. From 1963 to 1966 he was head of the department for refugee issues in the Hessian Ministry of the Interior. In 1967 Kaul was awarded the Great Cross of Merit of the Federal Republic of Germany. He lived with his family in Bensheim. In October 1972 Kaul died of a heart attack on a ship off Athens.

literature

  • Albrecht Kirschner: Final report of the working group on the preliminary study “Nazi past of former Hessian state parliament members” of the commission of the Hessian state parliament for the research project “Political and parliamentary history of the state of Hesse” . Ed .: Hessischer Landtag . Wiesbaden 2013, p. 24, 26, 34, 47 ( Download [PDF; 479 kB ]).
  • Hans-Peter Klausch : Brown Legacy. Nazi past Hessian state parliament member 1st – 11th Electoral term (1946–1987) . The Left Group in the Hessian State Parliament, Wiesbaden 2011, p. 18 ( Download [PDF; 4.2 MB ]).
  • Jochen Lengemann : The Hessen Parliament 1946–1986 . Biographical handbook of the advisory state committee, the state assembly advising the constitution and the Hessian state parliament (1st – 11th electoral period). Ed .: President of the Hessian State Parliament. Insel-Verlag, Frankfurt am Main 1986, ISBN 3-458-14330-0 , p. 294–295 ( hessen.de [PDF; 12.4 MB ]).
  • Jochen Lengemann: MdL Hessen. 1808-1996. Biographical index (= political and parliamentary history of the state of Hesse. Vol. 14 = publications of the Historical Commission for Hesse. Vol. 48, 7). Elwert, Marburg 1996, ISBN 3-7708-1071-6 , p. 207.

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Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b Albrecht Kirschner: Final report of the working group on the preliminary study “Nazi past of former Hessian state parliament member” of the commission of the Hessian state parliament for the research project “Political and parliamentary history of the state of Hesse” . Ed .: Hessischer Landtag . Wiesbaden 2013, p. 24, 34 ( Download [PDF; 479 kB ]).
  2. ↑ Hans-Peter Klausch : Brown legacy. Nazi past Hessian state parliament member 1st – 11th Electoral term (1946–1987) . The Left Group in the Hessian State Parliament, Wiesbaden 2011 ( Download [PDF; 4.2 MB ]).
personal data
SURNAME Kaul, Alexander
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German politician (GB / BHE), MdL
DATE OF BIRTH 4th July 1901
PLACE OF BIRTH Hamelin
DATE OF DEATH October 15, 1972
Place of death Athens