Daniel Stücklen

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Daniel Stücklen

Daniel Stücklen (born April 30, 1869 in Nuremberg , † March 13, 1945 in Berlin ) was a social democrat and trade unionist in Germany and Hungary .

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Stücklen was a fine gold beater by profession . In 1886 he joined the SPD and the free trade unions . He went on a journey to Austria and Switzerland and was reprimanded for political reasons on his return. In 1889 and 1890 he took part in the founding of the German Metalworkers ' Association. He felt compelled to go abroad again and had been foreman of a fine gold beating in Budapest since 1890 . During his time in Hungary, Stücklen was a member of the central executive committee of the Hungarian Socialist Party between 1891 and 1893. In addition, he was now a full-time editor of the "workers' press" in Budapest. After his return to Germany he was editor of numerous social democratic newspapers such as the Volkszeitung in Hof (1893–1898), the Volkszeitung in Altenburg (1898–1905), the Arbeiterzeitung in Dortmund (1905–1906), and the party correspondence in Berlin (1906–1908) ), the Social Democratic Press Bureau (1908–1915) and between 1915 and 1918 “Military Bureau” in Berlin.

Letter from the SPD Chemnitz in 1930 to needy SPD members on the occasion of a Christmas donation from Daniel Stücklen
The grave of Daniel Stücklen and his wife Ida in the family grave at the Parkfriedhof Lichterfelde in Berlin.

During the German Empire , Stücklen was frequently indicted for political reasons under press law and sentenced to nine months in prison, among other things, for insulting majesty . Since 1903 he was a member of the German Reichstag and between 1919 and 1920 of the German National Assembly . During the Weimar Republic , Stücklen was again a member of the Reichstag from 1920 to 1932 . As a parliamentarian, he criticized, among other things, the caste-like demarcation of the Reichswehr from the population. However Stücklen served as budget officer of his faction by Wilhelm Groener initiated into the secret rearmament of the army and the obfuscation associated without making it public. His main occupation was between 1919 and 1920 as chairman of the Reich Central Office for Prisoners of War and Civilian Prisoners. Stücklen was responsible for the repatriation of the prisoners of war German soldiers as well as for the German attitude towards the remaining foreign, that is primarily Russian prisoners of war.

From 1920 to 1925 Stücklen was Reich Commissioner for Civil Prisoners and Refugees in the Reich Ministry of the Interior. He was primarily responsible for the integration of migrants from the former German territories that fell to Poland. After that, he initially retired. In 1929, the Müller cabinet appointed him Reich Commissioner for German-Russian Aid, in particular to settle German-Russian farmers who had fled to Germany. After the beginning of the National Socialist rule he was dismissed.

Stücklen's son was District Councilor Georg Stücklen , his nephew was Federal Minister Richard Stücklen . He was buried in the Lichterfelde park cemetery.

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  • The social democracy for the field gray / by D. Stücklen Breslau: "People's Watch" 1917 14 pp. / By D. Stücklen. Edited by the chief d. Social democrat. Party of Germany Print: Berlin: Vorwärts Buchdr. u. Publishing house 1917 15 pp.

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Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Negotiations of the Reichstag, Volume 385, pp. 2015–2020 ( online)
  2. ^ Johannes Hürter : Wilhelm Groener. Reichswehr Minister at the end of the Weimar Republic (1928–1932). Oldenbourg Wissenschaftsverlag, Munich 1993, ISBN 3-486-55978-8 , p. 120 ( online )
  3. ^ Jochen Oltmer: Migration and Politics in the Weimar Republic. Vandenhoeck and Ruprecht, Göttingen 2005, ISBN 3-525-36282-X , p. 108 ( online )
  4. ^ Jürgen Zarusky : The German Social Democrats and the Soviet Model. Oldenbourg, Munich 1992, ISBN 3-486-55928-1 , p. 257 ( online )

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SURNAME Stücklen, Daniel
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German politician (SPD), MdR
DATE OF BIRTH April 30, 1869
PLACE OF BIRTH Nuremberg
DATE OF DEATH March 13, 1945
Place of death Berlin