Hugo Saupe

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Hugo Saupe

Hugo Saupe (born September 25, 1883 in Reudnitz near Leipzig , † February 2, 1957 ) was a German politician SPD , SED .

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Life in the Empire (1884 to 1919)

Saupe attended the citizens' school in Leipzig from 1890 to 1898 . From 1898 to 1902 he trained as a lithographer. In 1904 he became a member of the Social Democratic Party of Germany (SPD).

From September 29, 1914 Saupe took part in the First World War as a member of the replacement battalion Infantry Regiment No. 101 . From December 24, 1914 to December 4, 1918 he was a member of the 102nd Infantry Regiment , with which he fought in the western theater of war. In 1917 Saupe switched to the USPD , which he left again in 1919.

Weimar Republic and National Socialism (1919 to 1945)

In 1919 Saupe became party secretary of the SPD in Dortmund . He later became an editor: first at the Tribüne in Erfurt, then from 1920 to 1921 at the Mansfelder Volkszeitung and finally from 1921 until 1933 at the Leipziger Volkszeitung . After Hans Block left the now collegial editorial staff in the spring of 1923, Saute took a position here that was similar to that of editor-in-chief. Next to Hermann Liebmann , Hugo Saute was the most influential functionary in the Leipzig subdistrict of the Social Democrats, who waged a downright guerrilla war with district chairman Richard Lipinski , which was not justified on political grounds. However, he failed to oust Lipinski at the district level. In the election for the district chairman, Saupe Lipinski was defeated by 35: 52 votes. In May 1924 he was elected to the Reichstag as his party's candidate for constituency 29 (Leipzig) , to which he belonged until June 1933.

In March 1933 Saupe voted against the Enabling Act together with the other members of the SPD parliamentary group in the Reichstag . He was one of 94 members of parliament who spoke out against the adoption of this bill, which transferred legislative power to the executive and, together with the Reichstag Fire Ordinance of February 1933, formed the legal basis for the establishment of the National Socialist dictatorship.

During the further duration of the National Socialist regime, Saupe was arrested several times. He was arrested on March 5 and held in Sachsenburg concentration camp until July 1933 . During the war, Saupe was a member of the resistance group around Georg Schumann in Leipzig.

Last years (1945 to 1957)

After the Second World War , Saupe became a member of the Socialist Unity Party of Germany (SED). From 1945 to 1948 Saupe was editor-in-chief of the newspaper Freiheit in Halle / Saale.

Saupe's estate is now being kept in the branch of the Federal Archives, State Archives Parties and Mass Organizations (SAPMO). It covers a running meter of shelf. In terms of content, it contains biographical materials, correspondence, elaborations, especially on the social democratic press and on Franz Mehring ; also pamphlets and newspapers from the SPD and USPD.

Fonts

  • Zinoviev's charges against Soviet policy over the differences in the ... , 1926.
  • United front? Socialism or State Capitalism? Zinoviev's charges ... , 1926.

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 .

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Individual evidence

  1. ↑ See Michael Rudloff, Mike Schmeitzner (Hrsg.): "Such vermin also exist in Leipzig". Social Democrats and the SED. Peter Lang, Frankfurt am Main 1997, ISBN 3-631-47385-0 , p. 127.
  2. ↑ Martin Schumacher (Ed.): M. d. R. The members of the Reichstag of the Weimar Republic in the time of National Socialism. Political persecution, emigration and expatriation 1933-1945. Droste-Verlag, Düsseldorf 1991, ISBN 3-7700-5162-9 , p. 480.
personal data
SURNAME Saupe, Hugo
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German politician (SPD, USPD, SED), MdR
DATE OF BIRTH September 25, 1883
PLACE OF BIRTH Reudnitz near Leipzig
DATE OF DEATH 2nd February 1957