Emil Höllein
Emil Höllein (born February 8, 1880 in Eisfeld , † August 18, 1929 in Berlin ) was a German craftsman and politician (SPD, USPD, KPD).
Live and act
Höllein grew up in Belgium, where his parents emigrated in 1885, from the age of five. There he attended middle school and the Athenaeum in Leuven . After the death of his parents in 1895, he was sent back to Germany, where he completed an apprenticeship as a toolmaker and lathe operator until 1898 .
After serving in the military from 1900 to 1902, Höllein lived in Jena from 1902 . In 1905 he joined the Social Democratic Party of Germany (SPD). In 1907 he took over the chairmanship of the SPD in Jena.
In 1917, Höllein was one of the founders of the Independent Social Democratic Party of Germany , a split from the SPD, which was essentially recruited from its left wing. For the USPD, Höllein belonged to the Landtag of the Free State of Saxony-Weimar-Eisenach and the Thuringian Landtag from 1919 .
In 1920, Höllein switched to the Communist Party of Germany (KPD). In the KPD, Höllein initially belonged to Heinrich Brandler's supporters , and later he joined the so-called middle group. For his party he belonged from 1921 (as a lateral entrant) to his death in 1929 as a member of the Berlin Reichstag for constituency 12 (Thuringia) . In the spring of 1923 Höllein publicly agitated against the French invasion of the Ruhr area in Paris . He was then long March to June 1923 three months for "high treason against the French Republic" in custody held and then deported to Germany.
As a parliamentarian, Höllein was particularly noticeable for his commitment to social housing and for some violent verbal attacks against conservative MPs such as DNVP member Kuno von Westarp . After Höllein's death, his mandate from August 1929 to September 1930 was replaced by his party colleague Nikolaus Pfaff . In addition to his membership of parliament, Höllein also worked for the communist press. He was editor of the Neue Zeitung, which appeared in Jena, and from April 1921 temporarily (acting) editor-in-chief of the magazine Klassenkampf, which appeared in Halle .
His stepdaughter Hilde Morgner belonged to the resistance groups of the Rote Kapelle .
literature
- Hannelore Freundlich: Höllein, Emil : In: History of the German workers' movement. Biographical Lexicon . Dietz Verlag, Berlin 1970, pp. 217-218.
- Gerd Lehmann: Emil Höllein . In: Karl-Heinz Leidigkeit (editorial director): Communists in the Reichstag. Speeches and biographical sketches . Dietz Verlag, Berlin 1979, pp. 424-429 and pp. 181-194.
- Hell, Emil . In: Hermann Weber , Andreas Herbst : German Communists. Biographical Handbook 1918 to 1945 . 2nd, revised and greatly expanded edition. Karl Dietz, Berlin 2008, ISBN 978-3-320-02130-6 .
Web links
- Emil Höllein in the database of members of the Reichstag
- Emil Höllein in the files of the Reich Chancellery
Individual evidence
- ↑ Time Magazine, August 10, 1925.
- ↑ http://bda-koepenick.de/verfolte/Hildegard%20Guddorf
- ^ Emil Höllein: Speech in the second and third deliberations of a motion by the SPD parliamentary group to amend the law on financial equalization between the Reich, states and municipalities in the 168th session of the III. Electoral term on March 2, 1926.
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Hell, Emil |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German politician (SPD, USPD, KPD), MdR |
| DATE OF BIRTH | February 8, 1880 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Ice field |
| DATE OF DEATH | August 18, 1929 |
| Place of death | Berlin |