Emil Boehme

Karl Gustav Emil Böhme (born July 27, 1873 in Eisenberg ; † July 8, 1930 in Altenburg ) was a German SPD politician.

Life

He had various professions, such as: porcelain painter, cigar manufacturer, seller of socialist publications and owner of a café.

Emil Böhme was active as a union and SPD functionary from an early age. He played a key role in founding the SPD in Eisenberg. In 1899 he became a city councilor and in 1907 he was elected to the state parliament of the Duchy of Saxony-Altenburg for the SPD .

In 1918/19 he took part in the revolution in Eisenberg and was a member of the Eisenberg workers 'and soldiers' council . In 1919 he became a member of the state government. After the formation of the new state of Thuringia , he became district director and later district administrator in the Altenburg district .

In 1930 he was deposed as district administrator by the Thuringian Minister of the Interior, Wilhelm Frick , who was the first National Socialist minister in Germany. The degrading and discriminatory circumstances of this deposition, against which all parties in the Altenburg district assembly had protested beforehand, led to a fatal stroke at Böhme.

There were detailed reports about Emil Böhme's death in the Altenburg newspapers and also in the national press (for example in the Berliner and Frankfurter Zeitung) he was recognized and regarded as the “first victim of the National Socialist terror”. The various democratic organizations in Altenburg and over 1500 people attended his funeral. A large memorial stone was erected in the Altenburg cemetery. Its inscription, however, was removed during National Socialism or during the GDR era. After the fall of the Wall, the inscription was put back on by the daughter.

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