Hermann Weyl (politician)

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Hermann Weyl (born November 7, 1866 in Berlin ; died November 20, 1925 there ) was a German doctor and politician ( SPD , USPD ). He was married to the social politician Klara Weyl . Gerda Weyl was their daughter.

Life

Hermann Weyl's grave in Berlin

(Chajim) Hermann Weyl came from a strictly religious Jewish family, one of his brothers was Dr. Max Weyl, rabbi in Berlin. Hermann Weyl left the Jewish community after 1900. After studying medicine in Berlin, he worked as a general practitioner specializing in hydrotherapy and, despite his strong political commitment, continued this activity until the end of his life. He was co-founder and chairman of the German Medical Association for physical-dietary therapy.

In 1886 Hermann Weyl joined the SPD. In 1917 he switched to the USPD, but returned to the SPD when it split in 1922.

From 1902 to 1925 Weyl was a member of the Berlin city council . During this time he was a member of the USPD from 1917 to 1922, before and after that for the SPD. In 1919 he was elected group chairman by the USPD faction in the city council. In the "List of Radicalism Residing in the State Police District of Berlin" by the Berlin Police President from 1918, Dr. Hermann Weyl listed with other leading social democrats. From 1919 to 1920 he was head of the city ​​council together with Hugo Heimann (SPD).

In the period from 1919 to 1925, Weyl was also represented in the Prussian state parliament - until 1922 for the USPD, then for the SPD. After his death, Helene Schmitz moved up to the state parliament.

After being reburied in 1951, Hermann Weyl's grave is in the Friedrichsfelde central cemetery on the ring wall of the socialist memorial .

literature

  • Weyl, Hermann , in: Joseph Walk (ed.): Short biographies on the history of the Jews 1918–1945 . Munich: Saur, 1988, ISBN 3-598-10477-4 , p. 386

supporting documents

  1. ↑ a b Zentralfriedhof Friedrichsfelde, graves of the social democrats
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  3. ↑ Landesarchiv Berlin: City Council Assembly of the City of Berlin. A Rep. 000-02-01. P. 10 ( PDF file ( Memento of the original from March 4, 2016 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link has been inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. ). @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.landesarchiv-berlin.de
personal data
SURNAME Weyl, Hermann
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German doctor and politician
DATE OF BIRTH November 7, 1866
PLACE OF BIRTH Berlin
DATE OF DEATH November 20, 1925
Place of death Berlin