Arthur Nagel

Arthur Nagel (born November 19, 1890 in Großzschocher , † late April 1945 in Bergen-Belsen concentration camp ) was a German politician (SPD, KPD).

Live and act

Nagel attended elementary school in Großzschocher. He later completed an apprenticeship as a painter. In 1908, Nagel became a member of the socialist youth movement in Leipzig. In 1909, Nagel joined the SPD . In the same year he became a member of the union. After participating in the First World War , Nagel joined the USPD in 1918 . Together with their left wing, the USPD, Nagel switched to the Communist Party of Germany (KPD) in 1920 .

In the following years he became involved in the KPD as an honorary functionary. In 1922, Nagel took part as a delegate for the district of West Saxony at the Fourth World Congress of the Comintern in Moscow, where he represented the “left opposition” within the KPD together with Hugo Urbahns and Ruth Fischer .

In early 1924, Nagel became a city councilor in Leipzig . In the Reichstag elections of May of the same year he became a candidate of his party for the constituency 29 (Leipzig) in the Reichstag voted, where he remained until the elections of December 1924th From 1926 to 1929 Nagel was a member of the Saxon state parliament .

During the National Socialist era , Nagel was arrested on August 22, 1944 as part of the " Grid Action ". Initially detained in Sachsenhausen concentration camp , Nagel was transferred to Mauthausen concentration camp in February 1945 and then to the Mauthausen satellite camps in Wels and Ebensee . He died at the end of April 1945 in the Bergen-Belsen concentration camp.

Commemoration

Memorial plaques on the Reichstag

Today, a memorial plaque in Berlin commemorates Nagel, which is part of the memorial in memory of 96 Reichstag members murdered by the Nazi regime in the Scheidemannstrasse / Platz der Republik area. Arthur-Nagel-Strasse in Leipzig has been named after him since 1965. The 56th secondary school in the city was also called Arthur-Nagel-Oberschule until 1992.

literature

Nagel, Arthur . In: Hermann Weber , Andreas Herbst : German Communists. Biographisches Handbuch 1918 to 1945. 2nd, revised and greatly expanded edition. Dietz, Berlin 2008, ISBN 978-3-320-02130-6 .

Web links

Arthur Nagel in the database of members of the Reichstag

Individual evidence

↑ Martin Schumacher (Ed.): MdR The Reichstag members of the Weimar Republic in the time of National Socialism. Political persecution, emigration and expatriation 1933-1945. Droste-Verlag, Düsseldorf 1991, ISBN 3-7700-5162-9 , p. 407. The statement that information that Nagel died in Mauthausen concentration camp in August 1944 is also incorrect.
↑ Schumacher, MdR , p. 407.

personal data
SURNAME	Nagel, Arthur
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	German politician (SPD, KPD), MdR
DATE OF BIRTH	November 19, 1890
PLACE OF BIRTH	Großzschocher
DATE OF DEATH	April 1945
Place of death	Bergen-Belsen concentration camp

[MdR-1] Martin Schumacher (Ed.): MdR The Reichstag members of the Weimar Republic in the time of National Socialism. Political persecution, emigration and expatriation 1933-1945. Droste-Verlag, Düsseldorf 1991, ISBN 3-7700-5162-9 , p. 407. The statement that information that Nagel died in Mauthausen concentration camp in August 1944 is also incorrect.

[2] Schumacher, MdR , p. 407.