August Hellmann
Carl-August Hellmann (born June 5, 1870 in Hamburg , † August 7, 1939 there ) was a German educator, functionary of the teachers' movement and social democratic politician.
Life
Hellmann graduated from secondary school . He then attended a teacher training college and attended academic lectures focusing on history . After that he worked initially as a teacher and then until 1923 as a primary school teacher in Hamburg. Hellmann joined the SPD in 1894. He worked as a teacher and organizer in workers 'education and in the workers' youth movement. Between 1896 and 1897 he was the editor of the magazine “Jugendschriftwarte” and was chairman of the “United German Examination Committee for Youth Writings.” He also performed the same function for Hamburg from 1896 to 1898. In 1909 he was co-founder and until 1912 chairman of the teachers' association "Social Science Association" in Hamburg. He campaigned for school reform and popular education. Hellmann took part in the First World War from 1915 to 1918 in the rank of non-commissioned officer . From 1916 to 1918 he was a teacher and teacher trainer at the Kovno military district office . He was responsible for German-speaking, Polish, Ukrainian and Jewish schools, such as the Jewish Realgymnasium , which Joseph Carlebach had built there.
politics
In 1919 Hellmann was one of the co-founders of the main committee of the Working Group of Social Democratic Teachers. He remained a member of this body until 1922. He was also a member of the main office for youth welfare of the German teachers' association. Hellmann was a member of the Weimar National Assembly between 1919 and 1921 . He was a member of the Reichstag from 1920 to 1923. From 1919 to 1921 and again from 1924 to 1927 he was also a member of the Hamburg parliament . Within the SPD was since 1921 a member of the central education committee. He also participated as an author in the workers' press. Hellmann was the second director of the Hamburg Youth Welfare Office from 1923 to 1933.
literature
- Art. Hellmann, August. In: Wilhelm Heinz Schröder : Social Democratic Parliamentarians in the German Reich and Landtag 1867-1933. Biographies, chronicles, election documentation. A handbook (= handbooks on the history of parliamentarism and political parties. Volume 7). Droste, Düsseldorf 1995, ISBN 3-7700-5192-0 , short version online as a biography of August Hellmann . In: Wilhelm H. Schröder : Social Democratic Parliamentarians in the German Reich and Landtag 1876–1933 (BIOSOP) .
- Martin Schumacher (Hrsg.): MdR The Reichstag members of the Weimar Republic in the time of National Socialism. Political persecution, emigration and expatriation, 1933–1945. A biographical documentation . 3rd, considerably expanded and revised edition. Droste, Düsseldorf 1994, ISBN 3-7700-5183-1 .
Web links
- August Hellmann in the database of members of the Reichstag
- Biography of August Hellmann . In: Heinrich Best and Wilhelm H. Schröder : Database of Members of the National Assembly and the German Reichstag 1919–1933 (Biorab – Weimar)
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Hellmann, August |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Hellmann, Carl-August (full name) |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German teachers and politicians (SPD), MdHB, MdR |
| DATE OF BIRTH | June 5, 1870 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Hamburg |
| DATE OF DEATH | August 7, 1939 |
| Place of death | Hamburg |