Franz Thurow

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Franz Thurow (born June 15, 1867 in Arnswalde , † June 1, 1958 in West Berlin ) was a German politician ( SPD ).

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After attending elementary school in Arnswalde, Thurow trained as an engraver from 1881 to 1885 . He worked in this profession until 1904. In 1898 he married. In the 1880s, Thurow joined the Social Democratic Party of Germany (SPD). He also became a member of the trade union movement. He received public attention as a co-founder of the Free Association of Engravers and Chisellers in Berlin and in 1896 as a co-founder of the Engravers and Chiselers Association, of which he was a member of the central control commission from 1897 to 1900.

In 1904 Thurow became a full-time trade union official when he took over the post of second chairman of the organization. He was also involved as an editor for the Association of Engravers and Chisellers. When the association merged with the German Metalworkers Association (DMV) in 1907 , Thurow was given the office of trade union secretary in Berlin, which he held in Zehdenick an der Havel until 1919 .

In 1905, Thurow received a political office for the first time when he was elected to the city council of Neukölln , to which he belonged until the fall of the German Empire. In addition, he served as chairman of the SPD electoral association for the constituency of Teltow-Storkow from 1912 to 1918.

In February 1919, Thurow became a member of the Weimar National Assembly , in which he took over the representation of constituency 5 (Potsdamt 10) in place of Friedrich Ebert, who was elected President of the Reich . Thurow was then a member of the National Assembly until the first Reichstag of the Weimar Republic met in June 1920.

From 1919 to 1933, Thurow was mayor of Zehdenick an der Havel. He was also a member of the district council and the district committee as well as the Brandenburg provincial council . He also served as deputy district administrator for the Templin district .

Shortly after the National Socialists came to power in the spring of 1933, Thurow was nominated for the post of deputy chairman by his parliamentary group in the provincial parliament. The election failed, however, when the NSDAP MPs, who made up the majority faction in the provincial parliament - contrary to old parliamentary practices - were not prepared to be content with the chair, but also claimed the right to appoint a deputy A privilege that was previously always given to the second largest parliamentary group.

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Hedwig Wachenheim: From the upper middle class to social democracy. 1973, p. 152.
  2. ^ Eduard Heilfron: The German National Assembly in 1919. 1919, p. 172.
  3. ^ Fabian Scheffczyk: The Provincial Association of the Prussian Province of Brandenburg 1933–1945. Regional performance and steering administration under National Socialism. Mohr Siebeck, 2008, p. 51.

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SURNAME Thurow, Franz
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German politician (SPD)
DATE OF BIRTH June 15, 1867
PLACE OF BIRTH Arnswalde
DATE OF DEATH June 1, 1958
Place of death West Berlin