Franz Metz (politician)
Franz Metz (born August 10, 1878 in Schweinfurt , † June 13, 1945 in the Buchberg camp, Geretsried ) was a German politician ( SPD ) and a member of the Reichstag .
Life
The German Metalworkers Association (DMV) hired him as a local representative in Frankfurt am Main in 1907, and later he was appointed district secretary. Franz Metz was at the top of the list of the SPD in constituency 19 (Hessen-Nassau) in the Reichstag elections of May 1928 . Metz refused the National Socialists to approve the Enabling Act in a roll-call vote .
After May 2, 1933, Franz Metz was forced to train the new rulers at the headquarters of the German Metalworkers' Association. However, he refused to write letters of resignation to his old colleagues and was therefore dismissed without notice. Metz moved to Frankfurt and opened the “Café Metz”, which developed into a meeting place for opposition comrades and colleagues.
Metz was a central figure in the illegalized metalworking movement. After July 20, 1944, he was arrested as part of the "Grid" campaign and sent to the Dachau concentration camp . After the liberation of the Dachau concentration camp, he died on June 13, 1945 in Geretsried (Buchberg camp) of pneumonia .
Memory of Franz Metz
Today, the memorial for the 96 members of the Reichstag murdered by the National Socialists in front of the west portal of the Berlin Reichstag also commemorates Franz Metz. A street was named after him in the Frankfurt district of Bockenheim.
Franz Metz * 1878 † 1945 Geretsried Consequences of imprisonment at Dachau concentration camp SPD
Memorial to 96 members of the Reichstag who were murdered by the Nazi regime
literature
- Martin Schumacher (Hrsg.): MdR The Reichstag members of the Weimar Republic in the time of National Socialism. Political persecution, emigration and expatriation, 1933–1945. A biographical documentation . 3rd, considerably expanded and revised edition. Droste, Düsseldorf 1994, ISBN 3-7700-5183-1 .
Web links
- Literature by and about Franz Metz in the catalog of the German National Library
- Franz Metz in the database of members of the Reichstag
- Memorial plaques ( page no longer available , search in web archives )
- Socialist communications from October 1945
- FEDERAL ARCHIVE - Central database for estates In: nachlassdatenbank.de . Retrieved on August 30, 2016 (information about the estate of Franz Metz at the Institute for City History Frankfurt).
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Metz, Franz |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German politician (SPD), MdR |
| DATE OF BIRTH | August 10, 1878 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Schweinfurt |
| DATE OF DEATH | June 13, 1945 |
| Place of death | Buchberg warehouse, Geretsried |