Anton Weißmann
Anton Weißmann (born September 16, 1871 in Eschenbach , † December 24, 1945 in Karlsruhe ) was a German journalist and politician .
job
After attending elementary school in Eschenbach, Anton Weißmann did an apprenticeship as a printer . He worked as a typesetter until 1898 . After that he was editor of the "Volksblatt" in Halle an der Saale until May 1905 and then until 1911 of the "Volksfreund" in Karlsruhe, from July 1911 to April 1919 finally editor of the "Volkswacht" in Freiburg . From 1919 he worked in the press department of the Baden Ministry in Karlsruhe, from March 1920 to 1932 as a Councilor .
In 1933 Anton Weißmann was dismissed for "political unreliability". He was granted a reduced pension that was increased to the full rate over the years.
politics
In 1900 Weißmann joined the SPD . After two unsuccessful Reichstag candidacies in 1898 and 1903, he was elected to the Baden state parliament in 1918, to which he was a member until 1933. In 1919 he was a member of the Baden Constitutional Commission, in 1924 and 1925 secretary of the state parliament.
Individual evidence
- ↑ Michael Ruck '' Corpsgeist and State Consciousness '', Officials in the German Southwest 1828 to 1972, Mannheim 1995, p. 142.
Web links
- Anton Weißmann's biography . In: Wilhelm H. Schröder : Social Democratic Parliamentarians in the German Reich and Landtag 1876–1933 (BIOSOP)
- Anton Weißmann's biography . In: Wilhelm H. Schröder : Database Social Democratic Members of the Reichstag and Reichstag candidates 1898-1918 (BIOKAND)
- Speeches by Anton Weißmann in the Baden state parliament in the digital collections of the Badische Landesbibliothek
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Weissmann, Anton |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German journalist and politician |
| DATE OF BIRTH | September 16, 1871 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Eschenbach |
| DATE OF DEATH | December 24, 1945 |
| Place of death | Karlsruhe |