Karl Höltermann
Karl Höltermann (born March 20, 1894 in Pirmasens , † March 3, 1955 in Kings Langley near London ) was a German social democratic politician and journalist .
Life
Höltermann trained as a typesetter and became a member of the workers' youth movement, later the SPD . After completing his apprenticeship, he went on a journey abroad. From 1915 to 1918 he was a soldier in the First World War . From 1919 he worked as a journalist, in 1920 he became editor and later editor-in-chief of the social democratic daily Magdeburger Volksstimme . In 1922/1923 he was a co-founder of the republican self-defense in Magdeburg . In February 1924 he was a co-founder and became deputy chairman of the Reichsbanner Schwarz-Rot-Gold , before he succeeded Otto Hörsing as its acting chairman in December 1931 . In April 1932 he was elected federal chairman of the Reichsbanner and held office until the association was banned in March 1933. From July 1932 to June 1933 he was a member of the Reichstag for the Magdeburg constituency as an SPD representative .
Because of his resistance to National Socialism , he had to live illegally in Berlin from 1933. His family was arrested by the Gestapo . At the beginning of May 1933 he managed to escape to Amsterdam. Höltermann also stayed temporarily in Belgium and the Saar area. In 1934 an arrest warrant was issued against him, at the time he was in London. In June 1935, he and his family were officially expatriated. The arrest warrant issued against him remained in force throughout his emigration period.
In the Berlin district of Gropiusstadt , a path commemorates the politician who was known in the Weimar Republic .
Karl Höltermann was the older brother of the Bavarian State Secretary Arthur Höltermann .
Quote
The passage from one of Höltermann's speeches remained particularly memorable, as history proved him right in retrospect:
“Governments come and go. [...] After Hitler we come! It will again be the German Republicans who have to clean up a heap of broken glass. We are preparing for this day! "
literature
- 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 .
Web links
- Karl Höltermann in the database of members of the Reichstag
Individual evidence
- ↑ Willy Albrecht (Ed.): The SPD under Kurt Schumacher and Erich Ollenhauer 1946 to 1963. Minutes of the meetings of the top committees. Volume 1: 1946-1948. Dietz, Bonn 1999, ISBN 978-3-801-24101-8 , p. 118.
- ↑ Michael Schneider: Debate about the general strike in 1933. Hans Böckler Foundation, accessed on June 14, 2018 .
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Höltermann, Karl |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Social democratic politician (SPD), Member of the Parliament and journalist |
| DATE OF BIRTH | March 20, 1894 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Pirmasens |
| DATE OF DEATH | March 3, 1955 |
| Place of death | Kings Langley near London |