Konrad Hoffmann (politician, 1894)

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Konrad Hoffmann ( Russian Конрад Генрихович Гофман , scientific transliteration Konrad Genrichovič Gofman ; * 1894 in Pokrowskaja sloboda , Russian Empire , † 1977 in Andizhan , Uzbek SSR ) was a Soviet - Volga German politician. From 1938 to 1941 he was the head of state of the Volga German Republic .

Life

Konrad Hoffmann was a Volga German and came from a working-class family. In 1924 the Volga German Republic was founded , an Autonomous Soviet Socialist Republic within the Russian SFSR . During the First World War , Hoffman served in the Russian army and fought in the Caucasus. He then worked as a platoon leader. In 1924 he became a member of the CPSU .

From July 1938 Hoffman was chairman of the presidium of the Supreme Soviet of the Volga-German ASSR - that is, their head of state. Also since 1938 he was a member of the Supreme Soviet of the USSR .

With the beginning of the German invasion of the Soviet Union in June 1941, the situation changed dramatically for Hoffmann. Although he had spoken out clearly against the Third Reich and fascism, he was removed from all political offices in September 1941. The Volga German ASSR was disbanded and its German population was deported to Central Asia and Siberia. Hoffmann was accused of sabotage, arrested by the NKVD and had to do forced labor. After the war he was free again, and could be with his family in Uzbekistan's Andijan settle. There he worked for a railway company and died at the age of 82 in 1977. In 1996 he was officially rehabilitated posthumously.

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ A. German (А. Герман): Гофман Конрад Генрихович. In: rusdeutsch-panorama.ru / Российские немцы. Archived from the original on May 4, 2013 ; Retrieved March 18, 2018 (Russian).
  2. ↑ "Blooming corner of the Soviet country" . Der Spiegel 43/1991, October 21, 1991, pp. 206-207, accessed on March 18, 2018.
  3. ↑ Julij Pesikow (Юлий Песиков): Машинист и Республика. In: gudok.ru / Гудок. September 2, 2011, accessed March 18, 2018 (Russian).
  4. ↑ Alexander Spack (Александр Шпак): Гофман Конрад Генрихович. In: wolgadeutsche.net. Retrieved March 18, 2018 (Russian).
  5. ↑ Жертвы политического террора в СССР: Гофман Конрад Генрихович . International Memorial, December 13, 2016, accessed March 18, 2018 (Russian).
personal data
SURNAME Hoffmann, Konrad
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Гофман, Конрад Генрихович (Russian spelling); Gofman, Konrad Genrichowitsch
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Soviet-Volga German politician
DATE OF BIRTH 1894
PLACE OF BIRTH Pokrovskaya sloboda
DATE OF DEATH 1977
Place of death Andizhan