Josef Loth

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Josef Loth (born March 7, 1896 in Rieneck as Joseph Waßmuth; † August 14, 1970 in Friedberg , Hessen ) was a Hessian politician ( KPD Hessen ) and member of the state parliament of the People's State of Hesse in the Weimar Republic .

Family and work

Josef Loth was the son of the single worker Wilhelmine Waßmuth. In 1902 she married the day laborer Adam Loth. He was married to Frieda Louise Klara nee Lotzin. The trained metal worker started working as a railroad worker in May 1914 and was a train conductor from June 1920. Dismissed in 1924, he was given temporary retirement in 1927.

politics

Loth was a functionary of the KPD in Friedberg, was a member of the city council from 1928 to 1930 and was a member of the state parliament in the 5th electoral period in 1931/32. Since he ran for the KPD in the state elections after the Nazis came to power , he was arrested on March 10, 1933 in Friedberg. On April 5, 1933, the special court at the Darmstadt Higher Regional Court sentenced him to one year in prison. He was released in December 1933, arrested again in January 1934, and was held in " protective custody " for several months . After his release he met with Wilhelm Beuttel, who lived underground . Loth was arrested again on February 26, 1943 and sentenced to six years in prison on March 29, 1944 by the 2nd Senate of the People's Court . Until May 1944 he was first in the Mainz penal institution, then in Butzbach penitentiary until the liberation on April 27, 1945 .

After the war, Loth returned to work for the railroad and was employed at Friedberg station for many years. He rejoined the KPD and was a member of the DKP from 1969 .

literature

  • Gerhard Beier : Labor movement in Hessen. On the history of the Hessian labor movement through one hundred and fifty years (1834–1984). Insel, Frankfurt am Main 1984, ISBN 3-458-14213-4 , p. 489.
  • Jochen Lengemann : MdL Hessen. 1808-1996. Biographical index (= political and parliamentary history of the state of Hesse. Vol. 14 = publications of the Historical Commission for Hesse. Vol. 48, 7). Elwert, Marburg 1996, ISBN 3-7708-1071-6 , p. 248.
  • Klaus-Dieter Rack, Bernd Vielsmeier: Hessian MPs 1820–1933. Biographical evidence for the first and second chambers of the state estates of the Grand Duchy of Hesse 1820–1918 and the state parliament of the People's State of Hesse 1919–1933 (= Political and parliamentary history of the State of Hesse. Vol. 19 = Work of the Hessian Historical Commission. NF Vol. 29) . Hessian Historical Commission, Darmstadt 2008, ISBN 978-3-88443-052-1 , No. 553.
  • Hans Georg Ruppel, Birgit Groß: Hessian MPs 1820–1933. Biographical evidence for the estates of the Grand Duchy of Hesse (2nd Chamber) and the Landtag of the People's State of Hesse (= Darmstädter Archivschriften. Vol. 5). Verlag des Historisches Verein für Hessen, Darmstadt 1980, ISBN 3-922316-14-X , p. 177.
  • Hermann Weber , Andreas Herbst : German communists. Biographical Handbook 1918 to 1945 . 2nd, revised and greatly expanded edition. Dietz, Berlin 2008, ISBN 978-3-320-02130-6 ( online ).

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personal data
SURNAME Loth, Josef
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Waßmuth, Joseph (maiden name); Loth Joseph
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Member of the State Parliament of Hessen
DATE OF BIRTH March 7, 1896
PLACE OF BIRTH Rieneck
DATE OF DEATH August 14, 1970
Place of death Friedberg (Hesse)