Engelbert Regh

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Engelbert Regh

Engelbert Regh (born February 12, 1887 in Cologne , † August 23, 1955 in Stolberg ) was a German politician (DVP, NSDAP, FDP).

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Regh attended elementary school and the Kaiser-Wilhelms-Gymnasium in Cologne. He studied philology, history and political science in Bonn and Lille . In 1914 he was promoted to Dr. phil. PhD . He then took part in the First World War.

After the war Regh became a member of the German People's Party (DVP). In January 1919 Regh became managing director of the DVP in the Cologne-Aachen constituency. In February 1928 Regh founded the February Club in Cologne. In 1929 he became a city councilor in Cologne .

In the general election of September 1930 Regh was candidate of the DVP for the constituency 20 (Köln-Aachen) in the Reichstag voted, where he remained until July 1,932th

During the Nazi era , Regh became a member of the NSDAP and mayor of the city of Stolberg . Following the Reichspogromnacht , Regh had 26 Jewish citizens arrested, who were then deported to the Buchenwald concentration camp .

From 1945 to 1955 Regh belonged to the city council and district council of Stolberg for the FDP .

Fonts

  • Enlightened despotism, the physiocrats, the English early liberals and the elementary school , Cologne 1915. (Dissertation)
  • Storm over Africa , Berlin 1934.

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Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Wolfgang R. Krabbe: Party youth between Wandervogel and political reform , 2000, p. 30.
  2. ↑ Christina Handschuhmacher and Daniel Gerhards: Reichspogromnacht: What happened in the city region? In: Aachener Zeitung . ( aachener-zeitung.de [accessed on May 1, 2017]).
personal data
SURNAME Regh, Engelbert
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German politicians (DVP, NSDAP, FDP), MdR
DATE OF BIRTH February 12, 1887
PLACE OF BIRTH Cologne
DATE OF DEATH 23rd August 1955
Place of death Stolberg