Karl Bartosch

Karl Bartosch (born December 12, 1880 in Altona , † May 1, 1936 in Neustrelitz ) was a German civil servant and SPD politician.

Life

Karl Bartosch learned a trade after attending primary school. He participated in the First World War as a soldier. During the November Revolution of 1918 he became chairman of the workers 'and soldiers' council in Neubrandenburg . From May 1919 he headed the state headquarters of the soldiers' councils in Mecklenburg-Strelitz .

In 1918 he belonged to the Constituent Assembly and from 1919 to 1933 to the Landtag of the Free State of Mecklenburg-Strelitz . In 1919 he was briefly president of the state parliament, then again from 1930 to 1931. From 1919 to 1923 he was deputy chairman of the SPD parliamentary group until 1930 and 1932 to 1933.

From October 1920 Karl Bartosch worked as a ministerial advisor in the Ministry of the Interior, where he also headed the sub-department for workers' affairs. In 1928 he was appointed to the government council and was head of the department for social policy until 1932.

After the seizure of power by the NSDAP Bartosch was in Sachsenhausen Concentration Camp detained. In 1934 he returned to Neustrelitz in bad health and died there in 1936.

literature

Udo Tinnemeyer: Dat was woll Tied, en pray uptauwaken! Low German political pamphlets from 1920 . In: Maik Lehmberg (Ed.): Language, speak, proverbs. Festschrift for Dieter Stellmacher for his 65th birthday. Franz Steiner, 2004, ISBN 3-515-08459-2 , pp. 241-242. ( Digitized version )

Web links

• Literature about Karl Bartosch in the state bibliography MV