Johannes Wutzlhofer

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Johannes Wutzlhofer (born December 17, 1871 in Obersunzing , today to Leiblfing near Straubing , † December 22, 1936 in Straubing) was a Bavarian politician ( Bavarian Farmers' Union ), Bavarian Minister of Agriculture and a member of the Bavarian State Parliament .

education and profession

Johannes Wutzlhofer became the cooperative director in Straubing in 1907.

politics

After the November Revolution of 1919, Johannes Wutzlhofer became "Food Director" at the Bavarian State Ministry for Agriculture and Bavarian State Commissioner for People's Nutrition . Between 1920 and 1923 he was the Bavarian Minister of Agriculture . From 1918 to 1919 and again from 1920 to 1924 he was a member of the Bavarian State Parliament.

Hitler putsch

On November 8, 1923, Wutzlhofer accompanied the Bavarian Prime Minister Eugen von Knilling, along with other ministers, to a speech by Gustav von Kahr in the Bürgerbräukeller . That evening the Hitler putsch began , during which Hitler and other National Socialists entered the Bürgerbräukeller. a. von Knilling, Wutzlhofer, Interior Minister Franz Schweyer and Justice Minister Franz Gürtner arrested. The prisoners were taken to Julius Lehmann's private house and held there overnight. Schweyer and Wutzlhofer, however, were separated from the others and subjected to special psychological terror under the command of Rudolf Hess . They were driven back and forth through southern Bavaria by a squad of National Socialists. In the meantime, their tormentors checked the load-bearing capacity of various trees, which was supposed to expose the abductees to the feeling of being hung . Both were released the following day. As a representative of the peasants, who suffered less from inflation than the average population, Wutzlhofer was particularly hated by the urban putschists. Prime Minister von Knilling called on Wutzlhofer and Schweyer to resign after the coup. They would have to make a "patriotic sacrifice" because the anger of the Hitler movement, whether justified or not, is directed against their respective person. Wutzlhofer pointed out that his party had already decided to leave the government, as the party chairman could not reasonably expect such insults.

literature

  • Sarah Hadry, food crisis, revolution and the farmers' union. On the history of the first Bavarian State Ministry for Agriculture (1919–1932) . In: Archival Journal . 92 (2011), pp. 209-275.

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Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Non-political politicians? - The Bavarian "Official Minister-Presidents " 1920-1924 and their joint responsibility for the Hitler putsch , Hans Hinterberger dissertation, page 430ff
personal data
SURNAME Wutzlhofer, Johannes
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German politician (Bayerischer Bauernbund), Bavarian Minister of Agriculture and Member of the Bavarian State Parliament
DATE OF BIRTH December 17, 1871
PLACE OF BIRTH Obersunzing, today in Leiblfing near Straubing
DATE OF DEATH December 22, 1936
Place of death Straubing