Johannes Puth

Johannes Puth (born February 27, 1900 in Wachenbuchen ; † January 9, 1957 ibid) was a German politician ( NSDAP ).

Life

After attending elementary school and secondary school, Puth was trained as a farmer. In the First World War he took part with the Guard Grenadier Regiment No. 5 . After the war, Puth lived as a farmer in Wachenbuchen.

From 1923 Puth was active in the NSDAP. Before 1933 he was NSDAP district leader for the city and district of Hanau . From July to November 1932 and from March 1933 to May 1945, Puth was a member of the NSDAP in the Reichstag, in which he represented constituency 19 (Hessen-Nassau). Since 1933, officiated Puth as mayor of the city Schlüchtern , where he in personal union exercised the office of the NSDAP district leader. As mayor, Puth had a "living-sized Jew mocking figure" set up in Schlüchtern and hung numerous anti-Semitic posters in the main street. In early 1935, Puth resisted an instruction from the district administrator to remove the figure and posters, relieved the district administrator of his party positions and issued a ban on him from wearing a party uniform.

In 1945 Puth was arrested by the Allies.

literature

Joachim Lilla , Martin Döring, Andreas Schulz: extras in uniform: the members of the Reichstag 1933–1945. A biographical manual. Including the Volkish and National Socialist members of the Reichstag from May 1924 . Droste, Düsseldorf 2004, ISBN 3-7700-5254-4 , p. 484 .

Web links

Johannes Puth in the database of members of the Reichstag

Individual evidence

^ Michael Wildt : Volksgemeinschaft as self-empowerment. Violence against Jews in the German provinces 1919 to 1939. Hamburger Edition, Hamburg 2007, ISBN 978-3-936096-74-3 , pp. 273 f.
↑ Christine Wittrock : Clean shops, white west and Persilscheine , 2002, p. 162.

personal data
SURNAME	Puth, Johannes
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	German politician (NSDAP), MdR
DATE OF BIRTH	February 27, 1900
PLACE OF BIRTH	Guard beech
DATE OF DEATH	January 9, 1957
Place of death	Guard beech

[1] Michael Wildt : Volksgemeinschaft as self-empowerment. Violence against Jews in the German provinces 1919 to 1939. Hamburger Edition, Hamburg 2007, ISBN 978-3-936096-74-3 , pp. 273 f.

[2] Christine Wittrock : Clean shops, white west and Persilscheine , 2002, p. 162.