Johannes Schirmer

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Johannes Schirmer

Johannes Schirmer (born June 8, 1877 in Deuben , † November 21, 1950 in Pillnitz ) was a German politician ( SPD ).

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After attending primary school in Dresden, Schirmer completed an apprenticeship as an upholsterer. In addition, he attended the technical school in Dresden. From 1908 to 1913 he worked as a warehouse keeper for the Dresdner Konsumverein Vorwärts in Sebnitz . From 1913 to 1923 Schirmer was managing director of the Pirnaer Volkszeitung . From 1915 Schirmer took part in the First World War. In 1916 he was seriously wounded on the Somme and 1917 in Champagne . As a result, he returned home in 1918.

Schirmer joined the Social Democratic Party of Germany (SPD) and the trade union movement as early as 1895 . In 1917 Schirmer left the SPD and joined the Independent Social Democratic Party of Germany (USPD), a new party founded during the war that was mainly recruited from representatives of the left wing of the SPD who rejected the war policy of the SPD leadership. In the following years he was active in agitation for the USPD, among other things.

At the first general election of the Weimar Republic in June 1920 Schirmer was a candidate of the Independent Socialists for the constituency 31 (Dresden-Bautzen) in the Reichstag elected. In 1922 Schirmer returned to the SPD, whose parliamentary group he also joined. In the following five Reichstag elections - in May and December 1924, March 1928, September 1930 and July 1932 - his mandate was confirmed. After renumbering the constituencies, Schirmer's constituency now figured as constituency 28. After he had temporarily left the Reichstag in the November 1932 election, Schirmer was able to return to parliament on the occasion of the March 1933 election, which he now belonged to until June of the same year . In that month he got his mandate - like all other members of the SPD - revoked. The most important parliamentary event in which Schirmer took part during his time as a member of parliament was the vote on the Enabling Act in March 1933: Schirmer was one of only 94 members who voted against the adoption of the law, which was approved with 444 to 94 votes.

In addition, Schirmer held a number of political offices at local level: from 1919 to 1921 he was a member of the city council and from 1921 to 1923 chairman of the city council in Pirna. He was also a member of the district assembly and the district committee of the Pirna authorities . From May 1923 to 1924 he was the governor and chairman of the district association of the Freiberg governorate . In 1925 he was put on hold for political reasons.

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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SURNAME Schirmer, Johannes
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German politician (SPD), MdR
DATE OF BIRTH June 8, 1877
PLACE OF BIRTH Deuben
DATE OF DEATH November 21, 1950
Place of death Pillnitz