Georg Elsner

Paul Johannes Georg Elsner (born April 13, 1887 in Görlitz , † January 14, 1949 in Stuttgart ) was a German politician ( SPD , ASPD ).

Life

After attending elementary school and later the technical and training school Elsner learned from 1901 to 1905, the Täschnerhandwerk . In this profession he then worked in different areas of Germany until 1913. In 1906 he joined the SPD. From 1907 Elsner lived in Dresden , where in 1909 he took over the local administration of the union of the Sattler- und Portefeuillerverband . In 1913 he became a union secretary . From 1919 to 1925 Elsner was a city councilor in Dresden.

In November 1923 Elsner was first appointed Saxon Minister for Labor and Welfare by Prime Minister Alfred Fellisch . He also held this office under Prime Ministers Max Heldt and Wilhelm Bünger . In this capacity Elsner was also the representative of Saxony in the Reichsrat . In the so-called " Saxon conflict " within the Saxon Social Democracy, he supported the Prime Minister Max Heldt and became a member of the Old Social Democratic Party of Saxony . On January 21, 1930, after massive attacks by the NSDAP in the Saxon state parliament , Elsner resigned from his office because of alleged corruption .

literature

Calendar for the Saxon state officials to the year 1926 . Dresden 1926, p. 5 (short biography)

Footnotes

↑ Georg Elsner . In: Saxon Biography . Published by the Institute for Saxon History and Folklore . According to Joachim Lilla , Elsner was born in Cottbus . See Joachim Lilla: The Reichsrat - Representation of the German states in the legislation and administration of the Reich 1919–1934. A biographical manual . Droste Verlag, 2006, ISBN 978-3-7700-5279-0 , p. 59.
↑ Claus-Christian W. Szejnmann: From dream to nightmare. Saxony in the Weimar Republic . Saxon State Center for Political Education, Dresden 2000, p. 109.

personal data
SURNAME	Elsner, Georg
ALTERNATIVE NAMES	Elsner, Paul Johannes Georg (full name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	German politician (SPD, ASPD), Minister of Saxony
DATE OF BIRTH	April 13, 1887
PLACE OF BIRTH	Goerlitz
DATE OF DEATH	January 14, 1949
Place of death	Stuttgart

[1] Georg Elsner . In: Saxon Biography . Published by the Institute for Saxon History and Folklore . According to Joachim Lilla , Elsner was born in Cottbus . See Joachim Lilla: The Reichsrat - Representation of the German states in the legislation and administration of the Reich 1919–1934. A biographical manual . Droste Verlag, 2006, ISBN 978-3-7700-5279-0 , p. 59.

[2] Claus-Christian W. Szejnmann: From dream to nightmare. Saxony in the Weimar Republic . Saxon State Center for Political Education, Dresden 2000, p. 109.