Hans Seidel (politician)
Hans Seidel (born June 9, 1880 in Schwarzenbach an der Saale , † March 5, 1959 in Hof ) was a German politician (SPD, USPD).
Live and act
Seidel attended elementary school in Münchberg from 1887 to 1894 . He then earned his living as a textile (weaver) and factory worker until 1910. In 1910 Seidel became a local editor for the Upper Franconian People's Newspaper in Hof. Before the First World War he joined the Social Democratic Party of Germany (SPD).
From 1914 to 1918 Seidel took part in the First World War. During the war he switched from the SPD to the USPD . In 1919 he left the Oberfränkische Zeitung to work as a full-time party secretary of the USPD in Hof. After the merger of the USPD with the SPD in Hof, Seidel held the office of party secretary for the reunited SPD in Hof until September 1930. At that time, he was also managing director of the Upper Franconian publishing house and printing company in Hof and a member of the community orphan's council.
In 1919 Seidel was a member of the Provisional National Council in Bavaria. In June 1920 he was elected to the Reichstag as a USPD candidate for constituency 29 (Franconia) . During this first legislative period of the Weimar Republic, Seidel returned to his old party and accordingly belonged to the SPD faction in the Reichstag from 1921 onwards. In the following four Reichstag elections in May 1924 , December 1924 , 1928 and September 1930 , Seidel's Reichstag mandate was confirmed, to which he was a member from June 1920 to July 1932. From May 1924 to July 1932 he represented constituency 26 (Franconia).
From 1932 to 1933 Seidel sat in the Bavarian state parliament .
In the era of National Socialism Seidel was imprisoned several times. From March to April 1933 he was in “ protective custody ” in the court prison in Hof, then again in the court prison in Hof and in the Bayreuth prison from June to August 1933.
In 1938, Hans Seidel, Fritz Michaelis and Karl Siegle, were charged with preparing for high treason and sentenced to five years in prison. Then he was sent to the Dachau concentration camp from August to September 1944 as part of the grid action .
Honors
- 1958: Cross of Merit on Ribbon of the Federal Republic of Germany
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
- Literature by and about Hans Seidel in the catalog of the German National Library
- Hans Seidel in the database of members of the Reichstag
- Hans Seidel in the parliamentary database at the House of Bavarian History
Individual evidence
- ^ Björn Lampe: Siegle, Karl (1881–1947) . Short biography on the website of the Brandenburg Memorials Foundation (The political prisoners of the Oranienburg concentration camp).
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Seidel, Hans |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German politician (SPD, USPD), MdR |
| DATE OF BIRTH | June 9, 1880 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Schwarzenbach on the Saale |
| DATE OF DEATH | March 5, 1959 |
| Place of death | court |