Alphons Gaertner

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Alphons Gaertner (born February 7, 1892 in Ottmarsheim , † November 9, 1949 in Bonn ) was a German politician ( DDP / LDPD ) and was a member of the Thuringian state parliament until he fled after increasing repression in the Soviet occupation zone .

Life

After graduating from high school, Gaertner studied economics and received his doctorate. rer. pole. Until 1933 he worked in management positions in local and socio-political associations. After the " seizure of power " he was removed from these offices and worked in the private sector.

In 1919 he joined the DDP. In 1945 he was one of the founders of the LDP and there until July 1948 deputy state chairman of the LDP Thuringia. April 1946 to July 1948 he was a member of the main committee, July 1946 to July 1948 of the central executive committee of his party.

From May 19 to July 24, 1945 he was head of the State Economic Office (from June 12th State Office for Industry, Trade and Commerce, from July 20th State Office for Economics) Thuringia and from May 19 to June 21 head of the State Food Office (from June 12th. State Office for Agriculture and Forestry) Thuringia. 1945 to 1948 he was President of the Thuringian State Bank . In 1946 he was elected to the Thuringian state parliament, to which he belonged until his escape in July 1948. In the state parliament he was 1st Vice President and member of the Legal Committee. From March to July 1948 he was a member of the People's Council (MdVR) (vice chairman of the committee).

In July 1948 he escaped the increasingly violent reprisals by fleeing to the West - shortly before he was to succeed Wilhelm Külz as chairman of the LDPD.

“I no longer see any possibility of developing meaningful political effectiveness within the framework of the liberal-democratic party in the Soviet-occupied zone. The presumptuous claim of the SED to sole rule, which has been raised louder and louder in recent weeks, would by no means be asserted if this party had not assured itself of the complete consent of the occupying power. But I am not ready to continue the series of sacrifices that I have made to my own convictions - in order to be able to work politically at all. "

literature

  • Martin Broszat , Gerhard Braas, Hermann Weber (eds.): SBZ manual. State administrations, parties, social organizations and their executives in the Soviet occupation zone of Germany 1945–1949 . 2nd Edition. Oldenbourg, Munich 1993, ISBN 3-486-55262-7 , page 905.
  • Confessing courage . In: Der Spiegel . No. 30 , 1948 ( online ).
  • Bernhard Post, Volker Wahl (ed.): Thuringia manual. Territory, constitution, parliament, government and administration in Thuringia 1920 to 1995 , Weimar 1999, p. 280.
  • Alfons Gärtner , in: Internationales Biographisches Archiv 36/1948 from 23 August 1948, in the Munzinger archive ( beginning of article freely available)

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Jochen Lengemann . Thuringian state parliaments 1919-1952, Boehlau Verlag 2014 ISBN 978-3-412-22179-9
  2. ↑ Quoted from: Jörg Roesler, Die Wirtschaft der DDR, page 10 (PDF; 158 kB)
personal data
SURNAME Gaertner, Alphons
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German politicians (DDP, LDP), MdV
DATE OF BIRTH February 7, 1892
PLACE OF BIRTH Ottmarsheim
DATE OF DEATH November 9, 1949
Place of death Bonn