Georg Graupe

Georg Graupe

Georg Graupe (born October 24, 1875 in Weener , † May 26, 1959 in Dommitzsch ) was a German politician (SPD).

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German Empire (1875 to 1918)

After attending elementary school , Graupe earned his living as a worker. From 1895 to 1897 Graupe belonged to the 2nd Grenadier Regiment No. 101 in Dresden . At the turn of the century Graupe became a member of the Social Democratic Party of Germany (SPD). In 1906 he took over a position as trade union secretary in the German Textile Workers' Association in Zwickau, which he was to keep until 1933. Later he also became chairman of the cooperative council in the consumer association Zwickau and the surrounding area and chairman of the local committee of the General German Trade Union Confederation .

From 1914 to 1918 Graupe took part in the First World War, in which he fought as a non-commissioned officer in a machine gun regiment.

Weimar Republic (1919 to 1933)

After the war, Graupe initially worked in local politics. From 1919 to 1923 he was a city councilor in Zwickau.

From April 1 to the end of October 1923, Graupe was Minister of Labor in the Free State of Saxony. From 1919 to 1930 Graupe sat in the Saxon state parliament .

In February 1930, Graupe entered the fourth Reichstag of the Weimar Republic, elected in April 1928, as a replacement for the deceased MP Paul Levi . After he was re-elected in the following four Reichstag elections, he belonged to the Reichstag for a little over three years, until the summer of 1933, as a representative of constituency 30 (Chemnitz-Zwickau).

Nazi period and post-war period (1933 to 1959)

In March 1933, Graupe was one of 94 members of the Reichstag who voted against the adoption of the Enabling Act , which formed the legal basis for the establishment of the Nazi dictatorship, and which was finally adopted with a majority of 444 to 94 votes.

Graupe was also a representative of the workforce in the administrative committee at the state employment office in Dresden and at the Zwickau employment office as well as a member of the arbitration committee of the Zwickau branch.

In 1933 and 1935, Graupe was held for several months by the National Socialists.

After 1946, Graupe was mayor of Dommitzsch.

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

• Georg Graupe in the database of members of the Reichstag
• Georg Graupe in the online version of the Reich Chancellery Files Edition . Weimar Republic