Hans Püschel

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Hans Püschel (born October 8, 1948 in Weißenfels ) is a German local politician of the National Democratic Party of Germany . After the reunification he was a founding member of the SPD in Saxony-Anhalt and was mayor of Krauschwitz from 1990 to 1994 and from 2001 to 2013 .

Püschel also became known for repeatedly disparaging victims of National Socialism and playing down the Holocaust . The charge of sedition , he was acquitted in the third instance.

Life

Püschel was born on October 8, 1948 in Weißenfels. He is Protestant, married and has 4 children.

Course

From 1955 to 1963 he attended the general polytechnic secondary school in Leißling . In 1963 he moved to the Goethe Gymnasium in Weißenfels and in 1967 to the mathematics-physics special class for talented students at the Martin Luther University in Halle , where he also passed the Abitur in 1967. After graduating from high school, Püschel began to work in shoe manufacturing in Weißenfels, while completing an evening course at the Technical University of Dresden in the Production Technology and Machine Tools section. He graduated as a production engineer in 1973 .

Professional activities

From 1967 to 1977 Püschel carried out various activities in the Weißenfels shoe industry. He began in his father's shoe factory, which was converted into a vocational school after the expropriation. Later Püschel was employed in the so-called "rocket shoe factory" in the purchasing, materials management, calculation and technology departments. In 1977 Püschel acquired a farm property in Krauschwitz , which initially meant starting work as a milker at LPG Stüßen. From 1982 to 1990 he found a job as a development engineer in the Leuna works . In 1990 Püschel founded a retail business in Krauschwitz. In the same year he was elected full-time mayor there. Five years later, Püschel gave up his self-employed activity in 1995 and moved to AWO Hohenmölsen as Head of Construction and Finance . In 1997, Püschel went into business again and specialized in the renovation and management of buildings.

Political career from 1990 to 2010

Long-time SPD mayor in Krauschwitz

After reunification he was a founding member of the SPD in Saxony-Anhalt and from 1990 to 1994 full-time mayor of the Krauschwitz community . From 1994 to 2001 he was a member of the council of the city of Krauschwitz and was also the deputy mayor. At the same time, he sat from 1994 to 1999 in the Weißenfels district assembly and was active in the district committee. He was then mayor of the Krauschwitz community again from 2001 to 2010, this time on a voluntary basis.

Political activity from 2010

Change from the SPD to the NPD in 2010/2011

In December 2010, Püschel announced that he would run for the NPD against the SPD candidate Rüdiger Erben , State Secretary in the Ministry of the Interior of Saxony-Anhalt, in the state elections in Saxony-Anhalt in 2011 . He anticipated a threatened exclusion from the party by leaving the SPD. As it became known from later published e-mails, the change to the NPD had been planned for a long time. In order to make optimal use of the media's attention, Püschel initially withheld his intentions and wrote an NPD-friendly letter to the editor on November 9, 2010 as a deliberate provocation of his party and the public. At this point he was already in contact with regional NPD functionaries. Only after the expected echo in the SPD and the media did he declare his intention in December 2010 to run for the NPD. The NPD failed in the state elections in Saxony-Anhalt on March 20, 2011 just under the five percent hurdle .

Exclusion from the district church council in 2011

The district church council of the church district Naumburg-Zeitz withdrew his mandate as a member of the parish council of Teuchern , since the candidacy for the NPD was incompatible with the honorary office of a church elder.

Removal from mayor's office in 2013

In the 2011 elections, Püschel was confirmed in the office of mayor by the voters. However, three years later, on May 8, 2013, he was removed from his office as mayor after he published right-wing extremist texts on the Internet. Püschel failed in September 2013 with a lawsuit against the suspension before the Magdeburg Administrative Court . The court saw "civil service obligations such as loyalty to the constitution and the requirement of moderation in political views" as necessary for honorary local mayors.

Holocaust denial litigation

On October 1, 2013, the Weißenfels District Court sentenced Püschel to a fine of 3,000 euros for incitement to hatred because he had published texts on the Internet that denied crimes against the Jewish population during the Nazi era . The judgment was confirmed by the Halle regional court in summer 2014 . Püschel appealed on a revision. In addition, Püschel should pay a fine of 24,750 euros to the Sachsen-Anhalt Media Authority (MSA) for the publication of relevant content that is harmful to young people on the Internet . In August 2016 it became known that the Naumburg Higher Regional Court had overturned the regional court's judgment in October 2015 and acquitted Püschel of the charge of sedition. The court had given its judgment no national significance. Patrick Bahners described this judgment as a "scandal, moral and technical".

Member of the district council

Püschel is still represented as a member of the NPD in the district council of the Burgenland district. In March 2016, Püschel caused a scandal with a speech given in the district council. According to many members of the district council, he insulted refugees and put the Holocaust into perspective again. District Administrator Götz Ulrich (CDU) then announced a criminal complaint and had the minutes of Püschel's speech forwarded in full to the Federal Constitutional Court .

Journalistic activity

Püschel is a columnist on the website KOMPAKT-Nachrichten, which describes itself as “non-party” (slogan “… we speak German!”), Which is run by the publisher Nationaler Bildungskreis Ltd. registered in England . is operated.

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ ab altenwatch.de ( memento of September 3, 2016 in the Internet Archive ) accessed on September 3, 2016
  2. ↑ a b Ex-SPD man running for NPD Spiegel Online, December 21, 2010
  3. ↑ Comrade Püschel turns from Spiegel Online, November 16, 2010
  4. ↑ SPD mayor sympathizes with NPD Welt Online, December 15, 2010
  5. ^ Püschel's biggest show Spiegel Online, February 15, 2011
  6. ↑ Church withdraws NPD candidate office in community  ( page no longer available , search in web archives )  Info: The link was automatically marked as defective. Please check the link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. , Leipziger Volkszeitung online, accessed on January 23, 2011@1@ 2Template: Toter Link / nachrichten.lvz-online.de  
  7. ^ In case of doubt right , taz.de of January 20, 2011, accessed on January 23, 2011
  8. ↑ Local mayor close to the NPD is suing for impeachment. ( Memento from October 4, 2013 in the Internet Archive ) In: Mitteldeutsche Zeitung . May 14, 2013.
  9. ↑ Püschel's impeachment confirmed. ( Memento from October 4, 2013 in the Internet Archive ) MDR , September 9, 2013.
  10. ↑ Ex-Mayor Püschel convicted of sedition. ( Memento of December 8, 2013 in the Internet Archive ) MDR , October 1, 2013.
  11. ↑ a b Alexander Schierholz: High fine for Nazi texts . In: Mitteldeutsche Zeitung , April 16, 2015.
  12. ↑ Dirk Banse, Sven Felix Kellerhoff, Uwe Müller: acquittal for the Holocaust-belittled Püschel . In: The world . 2nd August 2016.
  13. ^ After statements about the Holocaust: NPD politician Püschel acquitted ( memento of August 3, 2016 in the Internet Archive ), MDR , August 3, 2016
  14. ↑ Julian Feldmann: acquittal for Holocaust deniers , Das Erste , August 5, 2016
  15. ↑ Klaus Hildebrand: Holocaust belittling acquitted: Poetry and Truth In: taz.de of August 7, 2016.
  16. ↑ Julian Feldmann: Justice: Permitted Incitement , Jüdische Allgemeine , August 11, 2016
  17. ↑ The Holocaust as an "evil story" , FAZ.net, August 5, 2016
  18. Jump up around the district council meeting - complaint against NPD politician Püschel ( memento from September 13, 2016 in the Internet Archive ), MDR , March 8, 2016.
personal data
SURNAME Püschel, Hans
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German local politician
DATE OF BIRTH October 8, 1948
PLACE OF BIRTH Weissenfels