Anton Reus

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Anton Reus (born January 24, 1882 in Furth im Wald , † September 22, 1960 in Deggendorf ) was a German lawyer and politician .

Life

Born as the son of a locomotive driver , Reus went to primary school in Furth and the humanistic high school in Burghausen an der Salzach. He was a pupil of the Capuchin Seminary and the Seraphinische Schule Burghausen. As a Christian cleric, he wore the dress of the order and had taken the name Frater Josaphat . In 1903 he entered the Capuchin Order in Laufen an der Salzach as a novice and made a temporary profession . From 1904 to 1905 he was enrolled to study philosophy at the Royal Lyceum in Dillingen and housed in the clergy / study monastery of Dillingen.

At his request, he received a dispensation from religious vows in 1905 and, after traveling on foot through Hungary, studied law in Munich until 1910 . During his studies in 1906 he became a member of the Academic-Legal Association , which later became the Alsatia Munich fraternity . He also became a member of the old Leoben fraternity Germania in Munich and in 1956 the fraternity Danubia Munich . He was a one-year volunteer with the Royal Bavarian Infantry Body Regiment in the X. Company , where he qualified as a reserve officer ; In 1912 he became a lieutenant and fought in the First World War from 1914 to 1916 with the 12th Company in France , on the Eastern Front in Galicia and Romania , most recently as a company commander . He had passed his exams in 1910 and 1913 and worked as a lawyer before the war . From 1917 to 1918 he served as a judge-martial in Munich, then in 1918 again in the war with the 6th Infantry Division in northern France. During the war he was friends with the chaplain Rupert Mayer .

From 1919 to 1933 Reus was the first mayor of Deggendorf with legal knowledge. In 1923 he was on the supervisory board of the newly founded Ostbayerische Industrie- und Handelsbank AG . He was a member of the Bavarian People's Party . In 1928 he was promoted to Dr. iur. PhD . In 1933 he became a member of the NSDAP , but after differences because of "political unreliability" he was deposed as mayor in 1933. He had refused to speak at party events and in May 1933 did not allow the Jews to be driven from the market. He was active in a row to 1960 as an attorney and was named after the American invasion in 1945 again for a few weeks mayor of Deggendorf and district administrator of the district Deggendorf .

He was sentenced to death for a minor violation of an order of the military government, but shortly thereafter pardoned and recognized by the military government for his services. In the court proceedings he was classified as a follower and denazified .

Honors

  • During the First World War he received the Iron Cross 1st and 2nd class.
  • In 1961 Dr.-Reus-Straße was named after him.

Publications

  • Police and self-administration in particular within the framework of Bavarian municipal law. Dissertation University of Erlangen 1928.

literature

  • Helge Dvorak: Biographical Lexicon of the German Burschenschaft. Volume I: Politicians. Sub-Volume 5: R – S. Winter, Heidelberg 2002, ISBN 3-8253-1256-9 , pp. 51-52.

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personal data
SURNAME Reus, Anton
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German lawyer and politician
DATE OF BIRTH January 24, 1882
PLACE OF BIRTH Furth in the forest
DATE OF DEATH September 22, 1960
Place of death Deggendorf