Bernhard Menke

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Bernhard Menke (born February 1, 1876 in Hanover , † January 31, 1929 in Dresden ) was a Saxon politician ( USPD , SPD ).

Bernhard Menke attended the public school in Hanover until 1890 , which he left without a degree, and then completed a short-term training as a musician. He then completed an apprenticeship as a lithographer in his hometown until 1894 and then went on a hike . After his return he worked in the profession he had learned until 1903. From 1903 to 1906 he was chairman of the Hanover branch of the stone printer association and warehouse keeper of the consumer association.

In 1907 Menke moved to Dresden as a workers' secretary. There he also worked as an employee representative at various institutions. From 1910 to 1922 he was chairman of the main board of the Central Association of Proletarian Freethinkers in Germany . In 1915 Menke became a member of the Internationale Gruppe and in 1917 joined the Independent Social Democratic Party of Germany . Menke was arrested in 1918 and was not released until the November Revolution . He became a member of the Workers 'and Soldiers' Council in Dresden and was one of the leading USPD politicians in the Saxon state capital during this time.

From 1919 to 1922 Menke was district party secretary of the Dresden USPD. Also in 1919 he was elected city councilor in Dresden (until his departure at the beginning of 1922) and into the Saxon People's Chamber , where he acted as secretary of the USPD parliamentary group. From 1920 until his death he was a member of the Saxon state parliament . From January to September 1922 he belonged to the central USPD party council and then joined the SPD with most of his party.

From 1922 to 1923 Menke was the mayor of Heidenau . This was followed from May to December 1923 by a brief activity as police chief of Dresden, which ended with the dismissal by the commanding Lieutenant General Alfred Müller as owner of the executive power in connection with the Reich execution . Menke then devoted himself more to his work in the Saxon state parliament.

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  1. ↑ Mike Schmeitzner : Alfred Fellisch. 1884-1973. A political biography (= history and politics in Saxony. Volume 12). Böhlau, Cologne / Weimar / Vienna 2000, ISBN 3-412-13599-2 , p. 188 fn. 808.
  2. ↑ Anita Maaß : Political Communication in the Weimar Republic. The Dresden City Council 1918–1933 . Leipziger Universitätsverlag, Leipzig 2009, ISBN 978-3-86583-371-6 , Annex 2, p. 33.
  3. ↑ Thomas Klein (Ed.): Outline of the German administrative history 1815-1945. Row B: Central Germany. Tape. 14: Saxony. Johann Gottfried Herder Institute, Marburg / Lahn 1982, ISBN 3-87969-129-0 , p. 332.
  4. ↑ Mike Schmeitzner: Alfred Fellisch. 1884-1973. A political biography (= history and politics in Saxony. Volume 12). Böhlau, Cologne / Weimar / Vienna 2000, ISBN 3-412-13599-2 , p. 296.
personal data
SURNAME Menke, Bernhard
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German politician (USPD, SPD), MdL
DATE OF BIRTH February 1, 1876
PLACE OF BIRTH Hanover
DATE OF DEATH January 31, 1929
Place of death Dresden