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Johannes Begier (born April 12, 1886 in Preetz , † November 18, 1969 in Ehrhorn ) was a German SPD politician and a member of the Hamburg Parliament .

Life and politics

Johannes Begier grew up as the son of a working-class family. After finishing primary school, he trained as a printer and typesetter . He then moved to Hamburg and worked there as an innkeeper until the end of the First World War . He became youth leader of the Social Democratic Party in 1919 and was party secretary in Hamburg from 1919 to 1923. From 1923 to 1933 he was managing director of the Auer publishing house. In addition, he was a member of the press commission at the Hamburger Echo from 1919 to 1923 . During this time he was also mentioned as a partner in the SPD party newspaper “Alte Liebe” in Cuxhaven and the “ Bergedorfer -Sander Volksblatt”.

Johannes Begier joined the union in 1905 and the SPD in 1907. He remained a member of the Social Democrats until they were banned in 1933. Even after the Second World War and the re-establishment of the SPD, he rejoined it. He was a member of the Hamburg citizenship for his party from 1920 to 1921. During this time he took part in the two SPD party conventions in Weimar (1919) and Kassel (1920).

During the National Socialism he lost his job and was politically persecuted. In the years 1943 to 1945 he was committed to the air raid police. After the war he was sent to Westerland on Sylt by AWO Hamburg in 1945 as managing director of the "North Sea Sanatorium" . Politically, he was active as a district councilor and city councilor between 1949 and 1952.

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SURNAME Desire, Johannes
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German politician (SPD), MdHB
DATE OF BIRTH April 12, 1886
PLACE OF BIRTH Preetz
DATE OF DEATH 18th November 1969
Place of death Ehrhorn