Erich Meyer (politician, 1900)

Erich Meyer (third from left) at the award of the Federal Cross of Merit

Erich Meyer (born March 15, 1900 in Stettin , † May 9, 1968 in Wanne-Eickel ) was a German politician of the SPD .

Life

After attending elementary school , Meyer, who was of Protestant faith, completed an apprenticeship as a machine fitter. He later worked as an editor in Hagen . In 1933 he was placed under police supervision by the National Socialists . From 1945 he was assistant department head in the Hagen city administration. He later published the retirement newspaper Der Lebensabend . Because of his socio-political commitment, he was nicknamed "Renten-Meyer".

Meyer initially belonged to the KPD , then from 1928 to the SPD.

In the final phase of the Weimar Republic , Meyer was a city councilor in Hagen. He was a member of the German Bundestag from its first election in 1949 to 1965. He was always directly elected to parliament in the Wattenscheid - Wanne-Eickel constituency. The MfS tried in vain to win him over as a contact person.

Honors

Grand Cross of Merit of the Federal Republic of Germany (May 23, 1965)

literature

Rudolf Vierhaus , Ludolf Herbst (eds.), Bruno Jahn (collaborators): Biographical manual of the members of the German Bundestag. 1949-2002. Vol. 1: A-M. KG Saur, Munich 2002, ISBN 3-598-23782-0 , p. 560.

Individual evidence

↑ ^a ^b BStU : The German Bundestag 1949 to 1989 in the files of the Ministry for State Security (MfS) of the GDR. Report to the German Bundestag in accordance with Section 37 (3) of the Stasi Records Act. Berlin 2013, p. 183 f. ( bundestag.de ( memento of November 8, 2013 in the Internet Archive ) PDF).
↑ Meyer (Hagen / Wanne-Eickel), Erich . In: Martin Schumacher (Ed.): MdB - The People's Representation 1946–1972. - [Maack bis Muuss] (= KGParl online publications ). Commission for the History of Parliamentarism and Political Parties e. V., Berlin 2006, ISBN 978-3-00-020703-7 , pp. 823 , urn : nbn: de: 101: 1-2014070812574 ( kgparl.de [PDF; 375 kB ; accessed on June 19, 2017]).

personal data
SURNAME	Meyer, Erich
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	German politician (SPD), Member of the Bundestag
DATE OF BIRTH	March 15, 1900
PLACE OF BIRTH	Szczecin
DATE OF DEATH	May 9, 1968
Place of death	Wanne-Eickel

[BStU-1] BStU : The German Bundestag 1949 to 1989 in the files of the Ministry for State Security (MfS) of the GDR. Report to the German Bundestag in accordance with Section 37 (3) of the Stasi Records Act. Berlin 2013, p. 183 f. ( bundestag.de ( memento of November 8, 2013 in the Internet Archive ) PDF).

[2] Meyer (Hagen / Wanne-Eickel), Erich . In: Martin Schumacher (Ed.): MdB - The People's Representation 1946–1972. - [Maack bis Muuss] (= KGParl online publications ). Commission for the History of Parliamentarism and Political Parties e. V., Berlin 2006, ISBN 978-3-00-020703-7 , pp. 823 , urn : nbn: de: 101: 1-2014070812574 ( kgparl.de [PDF; 375 kB ; accessed on June 19, 2017]).