Gustav Anstötz

Gustav Anstötz (born April 18, 1890 in Cologne , † July 6, 1941 in Stettin ) was a German trade unionist and politician (SPD).

Life and activity

After the First World War, Anstötz lived as a trade union secretary in Stettin. During the Weimar Republic he was a member of the Provincial Parliament of Pomerania for the SPD.

At the end of the Weimar Republic, Anstötz stood out as a propaganda speaker against National Socialism. B. Keynote speaker on the occasion of a protest rally in Szczecin on December 6, 1930, attended by several thousand people, at which a public appearance by the NSDAP Reichstag deputy and notorious fememicide Edmund Heines was protested at two National Socialist mass gatherings in the city on the same evening.

During the Nazi era, Anstötz was seen as a political opponent of the regime and was kept in the opponent's file by the Reich Security Main Office .

Individual evidence

↑ Date and place of death according to Stettiner Nachrichten
^ Klaus Schwabe: Roots, Traditions and Identity of Social Democracy in Mecklenburg and Pomerania. (PDF) In: Geschichte Mecklenburg-Vorpommern No. 9. 1999, p. 100 , accessed on May 14, 2020 .
↑ The Shame of Szczecin. Dehumanized rabble adores Heines , in: Volksbote v. 7th December 1930.
^ Opponent portraits (photo albums): Vol. 1. Federal Archives, accessed on May 14, 2020 .

personal data
SURNAME	Anstötz, Gustav
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	German trade unionists and politicians (SPD)
DATE OF BIRTH	April 18, 1890
PLACE OF BIRTH	Cologne
DATE OF DEATH	July 6, 1941
Place of death	Szczecin

[1] Date and place of death according to Stettiner Nachrichten

[2] Klaus Schwabe: Roots, Traditions and Identity of Social Democracy in Mecklenburg and Pomerania. (PDF) In: Geschichte Mecklenburg-Vorpommern No. 9. 1999, p. 100 , accessed on May 14, 2020 .

[3] The Shame of Szczecin. Dehumanized rabble adores Heines , in: Volksbote v. 7th December 1930.

[4] Opponent portraits (photo albums): Vol. 1. Federal Archives, accessed on May 14, 2020 .