Arthur Busch

Arthur H. Busch (born March 2, 1900 in Hamburg , † May 7, 1982 in Quickborn ) was a German politician ( SPD ).

Life and work

After attending school, Busch completed an apprenticeship as a painter, then worked in this profession and started his own business in 1921. In 1922 he passed the exam as a master painter. After the National Socialists came to power, he was charged with preparing for high treason and interned in a concentration camp from 1934 to 1937 . He had been doing air raid duty since 1942, was forcibly transferred to the Eastern Front in 1945 and was ultimately captured.

After his release from captivity, Busch had to rebuild his business, which had been destroyed during the Second World War . From 1946 to 1954 he was first head master of the Hamburg painter's guild, then became a state guild master and later was vice-president of the main association. In the 1950s he moved to Hamburg-Fuhlsbüttel .

Political party

Busch joined the SPD in 1920 and was district chairman of the SPD Eppendorf / Winterhude from 1947 to 1950 . In addition, until 1964 he acted as federal chairman of the working group of independent SPD workers.

MP

Busch was elected to the first freely elected citizenship for his party in 1946 . He was then a member of the Hamburg Parliament until 1962.

He belonged to the German Bundestag from January 26, 1962, when he moved up for the resigned MP Irma Keilhack via the state list of the SPD Hamburg until 1965.

literature

• Rudolf Vierhaus , Ludolf Herbst (eds.), Bruno Jahn (collaborators): Biographical manual of the members of the German Bundestag. 1949-2002. Vol. 1: A-M. KG Saur, Munich 2002, ISBN 3-598-23782-0 , p. 116.