Friedrich Buchwald

Friedrich Buchwald (born July 29, 1891 in Großenhain , † February 22, 1976 in Wiesbaden ) was a German politician ( SPD ) and lawyer . In July 1945 he was briefly director of the State Office of the Interior in the provincial government of Thuringia appointed by the Americans .

Life

Buchwald, the son of a cloth manufacturer, attended elementary and secondary school in Großenhain from 1897 to 1911 as well as the “Princely and State School” in Grimma . From 1911 to 1914 he studied law and political science in Prague and Leipzig . In May 1914 he began his legal preparatory service in Ehrenfriedersdorf before he was drafted after a short time and took part in World War I from 1914 to 1918 , most recently as a non-commissioned officer . On July 28, 1919 he received his doctorate as Dr. jur. at the University of Leipzig with the dissertation "The check debts according to the German civil code". In 1919/20 he was a trainee lawyer in Großenhain and Bautzen, and from 1920 to 1923 he was a legal councilor in Werdau . In June 1921 he passed his assessor exam for higher administrative service.

Buchwald joined the SPD in 1920 and was in 1923 the first mayor in Crimmitschau . After the " seizure of power " by the National Socialists in 1933, he was dismissed for political reasons. From October 1935 to May 1936 he was in “ protective custody ” in Sachsenburg concentration camp . From 1937 to February 1938 he studied at the Leipzig Graduate School of Management , graduating as a tax expert. From 1937 to 1942 he worked as an employee of an auditor in Freiberg . In January 1942 he passed an exam as an auditor at the Dresden Chamber of Commerce and Industry , and in June 1942 an exam as a tax advisor at the Reichsfinanzschule Ilmenau . From 1942 to 1945 he worked as an independent auditor and tax consultant in Freiberg and Leipzig.

In 1945 Buchwald became a member of the SPD again, and in 1946 of the SED . From July 2 to July 20, 1945 he was the government or state director of the Thuringian State Office of the Interior. From the end of July 1945 he was involved in the drafting of state laws. From November 13, 1945 to January 1, 1946 he was Vice President of the Gera Higher Regional Court , where he passed his second state examination on November 29, 1945. From January 1, 1946 to September 1, 1949 he was President of the Nordhausen Regional Court , then until April 1950 as a judge at the Nordhausen District Court . On April 23, 1950, he moved to Wiesbaden, where he worked as a lawyer, auditor and tax advisor. In 1950 he rejoined the SPD there.

Fonts (selection)

• Law, law, justice . Landesverlag Thuringia, Weimar 1949.

literature

• Martin Broszat et al. (Ed.): SBZ manual: State administrations, parties, social organizations and their executives in the Soviet occupation zone of Germany 1945–1949 . 2nd Edition. Oldenbourg Wissenschaftsverlag, Munich 1993, ISBN 3-486-55262-7 , pp. 174f., 183.
• Bernhard Post, Volker Wahl (ed.): Thuringia manual. Territory, constitution, parliament, government and administration in Thuringia 1920 to 1995 (= publications from Thuringian state archives , volume 1). Verlag Hermann Böhlaus Successor, Weimar 1999, ISBN 9783740009625 , p. 567.