Gerhard Kress
Gerhard Georg Kress (also Kreß ; born February 14, 1894 in Reval ; † June 22, 1936 there ) was a German-Baltic lawyer and politician .
Kress was the son of the businessman Karl Kress and his wife Ellen née Kollmann. Kress attended the Nikolai high school in Reval and studied law in Dorpat from 1912 to 1916 . From 1916 he was Cand. jur. in Moscow . From 1916 he was a legal assistant and from 1918 city secretary in Dorpat. He married Herta Schimkewitsch on May 18, 1918 in Reval. From 1918 to 1920 he was a soldier in the Baltic regiment . From 1922 he was a sworn lawyer and at the same time city councilor in Dorpat. In 1923 he became President of the German-Baltic Party in Estonia , for which he was a member of the Estonian State Assembly from 1923 to 1924. From 1924 to 1927 he was president of the Blackheads Club. From 1925 to 1931 he was a member of the Estonian German Culture Council. He was the director of the Estonian Pharmaceutical Trading Company and since 1933 administrative director of the Nordic Pulp and Paper Mills.
literature
- Mads Ole Balling: From Reval to Bucharest - Statistical-Biographical Handbook of the Parliamentarians of the German Minorities in East Central and Southeastern Europe 1919-1945, Volume 1, 2nd Edition . Copenhagen 1991, ISBN 87-983829-3-4 , pp. 125 .
Web links
- Baltic Historical Commission (Ed.): Entry on Gerhard Kress. In: BBLD - Baltic Biographical Lexicon digital
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Kress, Gerhard |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Kress, Gerhard Georg; Kress, Gerhard Georg |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German-Estonian politician, member of the Riigikogu |
| DATE OF BIRTH | February 14, 1894 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Reval |
| DATE OF DEATH | June 22, 1936 |
| Place of death | Reval |