German Social Democratic Party of Polish Upper Silesia
The German Social Democratic Party of Polish Upper Silesia ( DSP ) was a party of the German minority in the Second Polish Republic , which existed between 1922 and 1939. From 1925 the DSP formed a regional association of the German Socialist Labor Party of Poland (DSAP) for Silesia. The party took social democratic positions.
The DSP was formed on March 26, 1922 as a merger of the German Social Democratic Party of Eastern Silesia ( Teschener Schlesien ) (founded before 1920) and the Independent German Social Democratic Party of [Eastern] Upper Silesia (founded in 1921, analogous to the USPD in Germany).
The chairman in Katowice was Johann Kowoll (1891-1942) from 1922 to 1939 . The chairmen in Bielitz were Franz Hönigsmann, Hugo Fender, Siegmunt Glücksmann and Philipp Follmer.
National elections
For the elections to the Sejm and Senate , the DSP 1922 and the DSAP 1928 and 1930 appeared on a joint list of the Polish Socialist Party (PSP). In 1922 the party was able to provide 3 Sejm deputies and a senator. In 1928 there were also three Sejm members and one senator. In 1930 the DP entered the German electoral bloc . Mandates could not be won in Silesia.
Silesian elections
In the elections for the Silesian Sejm , the DSP and DSAP appeared on their own list.
| Electoral term | be right | percent | Mandates |
|---|---|---|---|
| I. electoral term 1922 | 25,759 | 6.7% | 2 |
| Second electoral term, May 1930 | 25,513 | 4.2% | 1 |
| III. November 1930 parliamentary term | 27,256 | 5.0% | 2 (*) |
(*) The gains resulted from the deletion of the list of the German electoral block in constituency 1.
| Electoral term | MP | annotation |
|---|---|---|
| I. Election term | Karl Buchwald | |
| I. Election term | Johann Kowoll | |
| II electoral term | Siegmunt Glücksmann | |
| III. Electoral term | Siegmunt Glücksmann | |
| III. Electoral term | Johann Kowoll |
In parliament, the members of the DSP belonged to the German Club until 1926 and from 1926 to the PPS / DSAP faction.
Individual evidence
- ^ Ryszard Kaczmarek: Bielsko-Biała. Monografia miasta . Bielsko w niepodległej Polsce 1918 / 1920–1939. 2nd Edition. tape IV. . Wydział Kultury i Sztuki Urzędu Miejskiego w Bielsku-Białej, Bielsko-Biała 2011, ISBN 978-83-60136-46-1 , p. 51 (Polish).
literature
- Mads Ole Balling: From Reval to Bucharest - Statistical-Biographical Manual of the Parliamentarians of the German Minorities in East Central and Southeastern Europe 1919-1945, Volume 1, 2nd Edition . Copenhagen 1991, ISBN 87-983829-3-4 , pp. 183 .
- Mads Ole Balling: From Reval to Bucharest - Statistical-Biographical Handbook of the Parliamentarians of the German Minorities in East Central and Southeastern Europe 1919-1945, Volume 2, 2nd edition . Copenhagen 1991, ISBN 87-983829-5-0 , pp. 750-51 .