Gustav Hartz
Gustav Hartz (born August 15, 1884 in Cönnern ; † February 1, 1950 in Berlin - Reinickendorf ) was an economically liberal - reactionary German politician ( DNVP ).
Life and work
Hartz attended the community school in Cönnern and completed a four-year business apprenticeship there. He was employed as a clerk in ten different cities . Hartz gained practical business experience, which he supplemented with a number of commercial training courses. From 1902 Hartz was active in the "national" employee movement. In March 1923 he was elected district director of the German National Handicrafts Association (DHV) Bremen . Hartz was editor of the Niederdeutsche Warte , Bremen (organ of the Northwest district of the DHV).
He was of Protestant faith and belonged to the conservative "Christian-German Movement".
MP
Hartz was a member of the Reichstag from May to December 1924 . In the Reichstag he represented constituency 14 (Weser-Ems).
Political ideas and visions
In his 1928 work Irrwege der Deutschen Sozialpolitik und der Weg zur Sozialfreedom , he called for Bismarck-style social insurance to be replaced by compulsory personal savings.
Fonts
- The national-social revolution. The solution to the workers' question , Munich 1932. Was placed on the list of literature to be sorted out in the Soviet occupation zone after the end of the Second World War .
- Ownership or Rent? A discussion with my critics on the subject: social insurance or social savings bank , Berlin 1930
- New paths in social policy , Langensalza 1929
- Wrong paths in German social policy and the path to social freedom , Berlin 1928
Web links
- Literature by and about Gustav Hartz in the catalog of the German National Library
- Gustav Hartz in the database of members of the Reichstag
- Christoph Butterwegge : "Hartz in Weimar" , Friday January 12, 2007
- Christoph Butterwegge: “Hartz yesterday - Hartz today. Lines of continuity and consequences of a policy against the welfare state " (PDF file; 77.8 kB)
- Christoph Butterwegge: “Gustav Hartz and Heinrich Brüning as bad advisors. Lines of continuity of a government policy against the welfare state " (Word file; 29.0 kB)
Individual evidence
- ^ Christoph Weiling: The Christian-German movement. A study on conservative Protestantism in the Weimar Republic . Vandenhoeck & Ruprecht, Göttingen 1998, p. 341 .
- ↑ "Governing Against the Will of the People"
- ↑ http://www.polunbi.de/bibliothek/1947-nslit-h.html
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Hartz, Gustav |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German politician (DNVP), MdR |
| DATE OF BIRTH | August 15, 1884 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Cönnern , Saale |
| DATE OF DEATH | February 1, 1950 |
| Place of death | Berlin - Reinickendorf |