Josef Walter (politician, 1893)

Josef Walter (born January 13, 1893 in Obergeorgenthal ; † August 8, 1966 ) was a German politician ( GB / BHE , GDP ).

Walter grew up in the Sudetenland , where he attended the community school and later the business school. From 1920 he was involved in the union. From 1927 to 1933 he was a member of the Bodenbach city council . On November 1, 1938 he became a member of the NSDAP ( membership number 6.814.192). From 1939 to 1945 he was in charge of the development department of the Sudeten German salaried health insurance fund.

After the war he settled in Hessen . There he was in 1948 Chairman of the Hessian State Association of Expellees (he stayed for 18 years in this function) and was next 1949-1958 Deputy Chairman of the Federation of German Expellees . In 1950 he was one of the first to sign the Charter of German Expellees .

From 1954 until his death, Walter was a member of the Hessian state parliament . He belonged to the parliamentary group of GB / BHE (1954–61) and the GDP group (1961–66). From December 1962 he was III. Vice President of the State Parliament.

Honors

1953: Cross of Merit (Steckkreuz) of the Federal Republic of Germany
1963: Great Cross of Merit of the Federal Republic of Germany

literature

Jochen Lengemann : The Hessen Parliament 1946–1986 . Biographical handbook of the advisory state committee, the state assembly advising the constitution and the Hessian state parliament (1st – 11th electoral period). Ed .: President of the Hessian State Parliament. Insel-Verlag, Frankfurt am Main 1986, ISBN 3-458-14330-0 ( hessen.de [PDF; 12.4 MB ]).
Hans-Peter Klausch : Brown Legacy. Nazi past Hessian state parliament member 1st – 11th Electoral term (1946–1987) . The Left Group in the Hessian State Parliament, Wiesbaden 2011 ( Download [PDF; 4.2 MB ]).

Individual evidence

↑ Hans-Peter Klausch : Brown legacy. Nazi past Hessian state parliament member 1st – 11th Electoral term (1946–1987) . The Left Group in the Hessian State Parliament, Wiesbaden 2011 ( Download [PDF; 4.2 MB ]).

personal data
SURNAME	Walter, Josef
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	German politician (GB / BHE, GDP), MdL
DATE OF BIRTH	January 13, 1893
PLACE OF BIRTH	Obergeorgenthal
DATE OF DEATH	August 8, 1966

[1] Hans-Peter Klausch : Brown legacy. Nazi past Hessian state parliament member 1st – 11th Electoral term (1946–1987) . The Left Group in the Hessian State Parliament, Wiesbaden 2011 ( Download [PDF; 4.2 MB ]).