Hermann Etzel

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Hermann Etzel (born June 21, 1882 in Eisenfelden near Altötting , † April 14, 1978 in Bamberg ) was a German politician ( Bavaria Party , non-party).

Life

As a lawyer Etzel was from 1930 until his forced retirement by the National Socialists Syndicus of the Chamber of Crafts Munich - Upper Bavaria . After 1945 Etzel worked as a journalist and also founded the Bamberg Symphony Orchestra .

In April 1948 he joined the Bavarian Party and was elected to the state executive that same year. In 1949 he became deputy state chairman. After leaving the BP in 1952, he supported the GVP and was co-founder of the neutralist German Club in 1954 and co-editor of the papers for German and international politics .

He belonged to the German Bundestag in the first electoral period , i.e. from 1949 to 1953, and to the Bavarian State Parliament from 1950 to October 17, 1951.

He was one of the Bavarian MPs from the Bavarian Party and CSU who wanted to amend Article 102 of the Basic Law in 1952 to allow the reintroduction of the death penalty for certain capital crimes.

As the Office for the Protection of the Constitution made public in 1954, Etzel had met with the Soviet Foreign Minister Molotov , which almost led to a state crisis in the FRG.

In 1956 he was one of the founding editors of the papers for German and international politics .

literature

Individual evidence

  1. ^ German Bundestag (ed.): Printed matter No. 702 . 1st electoral term 1949. Bonn, September 18, 1952.
  2. ↑ Mende, Erich: Die neue Freiheit 1945–1961, Munich 1984, p. 315.

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personal data
SURNAME Etzel, Hermann
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German politician (BP), MdL
DATE OF BIRTH June 21, 1882
PLACE OF BIRTH Eisenfelden near Altötting
DATE OF DEATH April 14, 1978
Place of death Bamberg