Karl Deichmann

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Karl Deichmann

Karl Deichmann , also Karl Wilhelm August Deichmann , (born October 5, 1863 in Uslar , † February 12, 1940 in Bremen ) was a German trade unionist and politician ( SPD ). He became a member of the Reichstag , senator in Bremen and finally mayor of Bremen.

biography

Family, education and work

Deichmann lost his father before he was born and grew up as a half-orphan. At the age of eleven, he had to work in a cigar factory and from 1877 to 1880 he learned the craft of a cigar maker in Uslar. In 1880 he went hiking and in 1884 settled in Bremen, where he pursued his trade.

Union and politics

Deichmann joined the social democracy . He became a member of the German Tobacco Workers 'Association (since 1899 German Tobacco Workers' Association ) and since 1891 he was the leading organizer of this union. Deichmann was chairman of the association from 1900 to 1928 and successfully fought against the grievances in the tobacco industry.

In the SPD he appeared against the strong left wing of the party in Bremen. He was a close confidante of Friedrich Ebert . In 1912 Deichmann was elected to the Reichstag for the constituency in Hanover 11 ( Einbeck - Northeim ). From 1917 he was one of the majority socialists of the MSPD .

During and after the November Revolution, he spoke out in favor of the revolution. After the left had problems finding suitable experts to fill offices, union representatives of the majority socialists such as Deichmann were also accepted into the workers 'and soldiers' council. But he rejected a soviet republic and fought against the Bremen soviet republic . After the end of the Bremen Soviet Republic on February 4, 1919, he joined the provisional government of the state of Bremen and took over the police department. On March 9, 1919 he was elected to the constituent Bremen National Assembly for the MSPD . He worked here on the important constitutional committee. The National Assembly elected him to the Senate of the Free Hanseatic City of Bremen on April 10, 1919 , consisting of representatives of the MSPD and the liberal parties DDP and DVP . Until July 9, 1920 he was Bremen's mayor and President of the Senate.

From 1920 to 1928 the SPD was not represented in the Senate. In 1928 he became a member of the Bremen citizenship again . On April 17, 1928, he was elected Senator for Police and, as Mayor, he was the representative of Martin Donandt (non-party) as President of the Senate. On April 1, 1931, he resigned from his offices for health reasons and ended his political activities.

Honors

  • The Bürgermeister-Deichmann-Strasse in Bremen - Walle , Utbremen district , was named after him in 1954.

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Imperial Statistical Office (Ed.): The Reichstag elections of 1912 . Issue 2. Berlin: Verlag von Puttkammer & Mühlbrecht, 1913, p. 91 (Statistics of the German Reich, vol. 250)

See also

literature

  • Fritz Peters : Deichmann, Karl Wilhelm August. In: Historical Society Bremen, State Archive Bremen (Ed.): Bremische Biographie 1912–1962. Hauschild, Bremen 1969, p. 104 (column 1) to p. 105 (column 2).
  • Herbert Black Forest : The Great Bremen Lexicon . Edition Temmen, Bremen 2001, ISBN 3-86108-616-6 .
  • Martin Schumacher (Hrsg.): MdR The Reichstag members of the Weimar Republic in the time of National Socialism. Political persecution, emigration and expatriation, 1933–1945. A biographical documentation . 3rd, considerably expanded and revised edition. Droste, Düsseldorf 1994, ISBN 3-7700-5183-1 .

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SURNAME Deichmann, Karl
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German trade unionist and politician (SPD), member of the Bundestag and Senator as well as mayor in Bremen
DATE OF BIRTH October 5, 1863
PLACE OF BIRTH Uslar
DATE OF DEATH February 12, 1940
Place of death Bremen