Joseph Langenfeld

Joseph Langenfeld (born August 8, 1887 in Niedermendig , † June 23, 1972 in Düsseldorf ) was a German politician (KPD).

Live and act

Langenfeld attended elementary school from 1894 to 1902 . From 1902 to 1905 he completed an apprenticeship as an upholsterer. Afterwards he went on a journey through Germany for a short time . From 1909 to 1914 Langenfeld was self-employed as an upholsterer.

From 1914 to 1918 Langenfeld took part in the First World War. After the war he began to earn a living as a metal worker. He also joined the Communist Party of Germany (KPD) at that time . Langenfeld, who now lived in Düsseldorf-Oberbilk, was married twice and had been treated for anemia and neurasthenia since the early 1920s .

In May 1924 Langenfeld was elected to the Reichstag as his party's candidate for constituency 22 (Düsseldorf-Ost) , of which he was a member until December of the same year.

After the National Socialist “ seizure of power ”, Langenfeld was taken into “ protective custody ” on October 3, 1933 and, among other things, held in the Börgermoor concentration camp . He was accused of having given funeral orations at funerals "containing hidden threats against the current government." On December 22, 1933, he was released from prison on the condition that he report to his local police station once a week for three months.

literature

• Langenfeld, Joseph . In: Hermann Weber , Andreas Herbst : German Communists. Biographical Handbook 1918 to 1945 . 2nd, revised and greatly expanded edition. Karl Dietz, Berlin 2008, ISBN 978-3-320-02130-6 .

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Martin Schumacher (Ed.): MdR The Reichstag members of the Weimar Republic in the time of National Socialism. Political persecution, emigration and expatriation 1933-1945. Droste-Verlag, Düsseldorf 1991, ISBN 3-7700-5162-9 , p. 356.
2. ↑ Note from the Gestapo of October 20, 1933, quoted in Schumacher, MdR , p. 356.

Web links

• Joseph Langenfeld in the database of members of the Reichstag