Karl Troßmann

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Karl Joseph Troßmann (born December 26, 1871 in Würzburg , † November 24, 1957 in Nuremberg ) was a German politician (BVP).

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After the First World War Troßmann became a member of the Bavarian People's Party (BVP). From 1919 to 1924 he was a member of the Bavarian State Parliament . Later he also became managing director of BVP in Middle Franconia.

In the Reichstag elections of December 1924 , Troßmann entered the Reichstag of the Weimar Republic for his party . In the Reichstag elections of May 1928 he ran successfully in constituency 26 (Franconia). His parliamentary mandate was confirmed four times in the following years, in September 1930, in July and November 1932 and in March 1933. All in all, he was a member of parliament without interruption from December 1924 to November 1933. The most important parliamentary event in which Troßmann was involved during his time as a member of parliament was the passage of the Enabling Act in March 1933. Troßmann agreed to this law, which was the legal basis for the establishment of the Nazi dictatorship, despite his declared opposition to National Socialism. The motives for his approval are unclear, but it is likely that he, like other conservatives, agreed in the hope of "preventing worse things."

In 1932 Troßmann published the pamphlet Hitler and Rome . In this he denounced the brutality of the Nazi movement in dealing with people who think differently. Furthermore, he warned remarkably precisely of the consequences that a rise to power of National Socialism would have:

“What would we have left of National Socialism and all its promises, compared to German conditions? A brutal party rule that would do away with all popular rights. The prospect of a new war, which, given the circumstances, would have to end even more fatally than the last war. The ruin of Germany and a subsequent increased misery. To prevent this threatening disaster is a truly Christian act. "

In the year the book was published, Gottfried Feder managed to delete a paragraph. This resulted in the confiscation and almost complete destruction of the edition. After the National Socialist “ seizure of power ”, the remaining edition of the book was again confiscated and destroyed after a house search at Troßmann's. In June 1933 Troßmann was temporarily taken into " protective custody " as part of an action against the BVP . In March 1933 he was dismissed as district manager of the BVP and then ran a tobacco wholesale and mail order business before his business card was revoked in October 1935. Initially without income, he found work as an iron turner at MAN in Nuremberg in 1938 .

His son Hans Troßmann (1906–1993) was the first director of the Bundestag from 1949 to 1970 .

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  1. ↑ Klaus Scholder: The churches and the Third Reich. 1. Prehistory and Time of Illusions , 1977, p. 169.
  2. ↑ Thomas Breuer / Manfred Pirner, Church and National Socialism, in: Rainer Lachmann / Herbert Gutschera / Jörg Thierfelder (eds.): Basic ecclesiastical themes: Historically, systematically, didactically , 2003, p. 301.
  3. ↑ 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 , pp. 1059f.
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SURNAME Troßmann, Karl
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Troßmann, Karl Joseph (full name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German politician (BVP), MdR
DATE OF BIRTH December 26, 1871
PLACE OF BIRTH Wurzburg
DATE OF DEATH November 24, 1957
Place of death Nuremberg