Hugo Hillmann

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Delegates and guests at the founding meeting of the ADAV. Hillmann was among them

Hugo Hillmann (born September 25, 1823 , † January 14, 1898 in Elberfeld ) was an active participant in the revolution of 1848/49 and an early German social democratic politician. He was temporarily acting president of the General German Workers 'Association (ADAV) and later was one of the founders of the Social Democratic Workers' Party in Germany .

Life

Hillmann was the son of a wealthy haulage company. He learned the craft of brewing. Hillmann was democratic. In 1849, together with other Landwehr men, he refused to give orders during the imperial constitution campaign so as not to have to shoot at supporters of the Paulskirche constitution . This was one of the triggers for the Elberfeld uprising . In Elberfeld, a security committee took control and Hillmann was one of the leaders of the revolutionary Landwehr men. After the defeat of the rebels against the Prussian troops, he fled into exile in London . There he was close to the League of Communists and was a member of the legal communist workers' education association. Among the exiles, as Franz Mehring judged, he was wrongly regarded as an insecure cantonist.

Hillmann was only able to return to Elberfeld in 1861. He ran an inn there. He became head of the local workers' association. On May 23, 1863 he was one of the 12 co-founders of the General German Workers' Association. He was one of the most successful agitators of the ADAV. The parishes of the party on the Wupper made up around a quarter of all party members. Hillmann was sentenced to fines and imprisonment for his political stance and lost the concession for his inn. Mehring reports that Hillmann's financial situation was shattered and that he was not very particular about the choice of his aids. Therefore it was also controversial in the ADAV. A club cashier complained about him to Ferdinand Lassalle . However, due to his success, he stuck to Hillmann. At the Rhenish-Westphalian Workers' Day of 1865, of which Hillmann was chairman, he sharply criticized Karl Marx and Friedrich Engels . They had a good talk in England, but for the German workers it was a question of agitating on the ground they had.

After Lassalle's death, he was Vice President of the ADAV from November 30 to December 31, 1865, before he was replaced by Carl Wilhelm Tölcke . Since his election was not recognized by the police, Hillmann initially remained de facto president of the ADAV.

Memorial plaque in Untergrünewalder Strasse 10

Later he turned away from the ADAV and on August 8, 1869 was one of the founders of the Social Democratic Workers' Party around August Bebel and Wilhelm Liebknecht . For this party he ran in vain for the Reichstag of the North German Confederation . He had to go into exile again during the Socialist Law . He lived in the USA for nine years . He was only able to return to Elberfeld in 1890. After his death he was honored with a great funeral procession. However, the clergy refused to speak or sing songs at the funeral. In 2003 a memorial plaque was unveiled on his former home at Untergrünewalder Strasse 10.

literature

  • Reiner Rhefus: Hugo Hillmann (1823–1898). The beginnings of the social democratic labor movement in Wuppertal . In: Geschichte im Wuppertal , 7 (1998), pp. 19–38
  • Reiner Rhefus: Hugo Hillmann (1823–1898). The beginnings of the social democratic labor movement in Wuppertal. Addendum and corrections . In: Geschichte im Wuppertal , 8 (1999), pp. 93–96

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Bert Andréas : On the agitation and propaganda of the General German Workers' Association 1863/64 . In: AFS, 3 (1963), p. 13.
  2. ^ Franz Mehring: History of the German Social Democracy . Vol. 3. Stuttgart 1906, p. 142
  3. ^ Franz Mehring: History of the German Social Democracy . Vol. 3. Stuttgart 1906, p. 142
  4. ↑ Edmund Silberner: Moses Hess and the International Workers' Association . In: AfS, 5 (1965), p. 7
  5. ↑ List of the FES

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personal data
SURNAME Hillmann, Hugo
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German social democratic politician
DATE OF BIRTH September 25, 1823
DATE OF DEATH January 14, 1898
Place of death Elberfeld