Friedrich Baltrusch

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Friedrich Baltrusch

Georg Friedrich Baltrusch (born March 7, 1876 in Waldhof , East Prussia , † April 22, 1949 in Bad Wildungen ) was a German trade unionist and politician ( Volksnationale Reichsvereinigung ). He is considered the most important Protestant functionary in the Christian trade unions .

life and work

Baltrusch was a carpenter by profession and joined the Christian woodworkers' association in 1900. This step was unusual because it was of a Protestant denomination and the Christian trade unions were dominated by Catholics despite their officially non-denominational character. From 1909 he worked full-time as an association secretary in the trade union movement. As such, he worked in various regions before he came to the General Secretariat of the General Association of Christian Trade Unions in 1912. In the following years he continued his education in economics and natural sciences in courses and by listening to lectures at universities. In the First World War was Baltrusch soldier.

In 1919 he became managing director of the general association of Christian trade unions. As such, he was also the organization's contact person at the Reich and other authorities in Berlin. He was also represented on the board of the general association and the German Federation of Trade Unions . He was also an executive board member of the Central Working Group of Trade Unions and Employers' Associations. Baltrusch was also a member of the socialization commission . In addition, he was a member of the Provisional Reich Economic Council and numerous other bodies.

Baltrusch was a close colleague of Adam Stegerwald . For the imperial governments he was often active as an expert on economic and socio-political issues. He was a government expert at the World Economic Conference in Genoa in 1922 and in Geneva in 1927. He was a member of the board of the Reich Food Office and an employee in the Ministry of Reconstruction.

On September 14, 1930, Baltrusch was elected to the Reichstag on the joint electoral list of the German State Party ( German Democratic Party and People's National Reich Association ) . He left the parliamentary group again on October 7, 1930 together with the other members of the National People's Association.

Baltrusch was also active in the Protestant church. In 1925 he was a delegate to the World Conference of Protestant and Orthodox Churches in Stockholm.

Baltrusch provided important theoretical impulses for the Christian-national labor movement in the Weimar Republic . He warned against an absolutization of the economy and formulated criticism of unrestrained capitalism.

After the end of the National Socialist rule , he joined the new unified trade union and became a co-founder of the CDU in Waldeck .

Individual evidence

  1. ^ On Baltrusch's membership in the group of the Volksnationalen Reichsvereinigung see Reichstag-Handbuch 1930, p. 274.
  2. ^ Helga Grebing : History of social ideas in Germany. Socialism, catholic social doctrine, protestant social ethics; a manual . 2nd edition. Verlag für Sozialwesen, Wiesbaden 2005, ISBN 3-531-14752-8 , p. 996 ( digitized version ).

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SURNAME Baltrusch, Friedrich
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Baltrusch, Georg Friedrich (full name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German politician (DDP, DStP), MdR and Christian trade unionist
DATE OF BIRTH March 7, 1876
PLACE OF BIRTH Waldhof, East Prussia
DATE OF DEATH April 22, 1949
Place of death Bad Wildungen