Kurt Matthes

Kurt Matthes (born August 19, 1914 in Barmen ; † February 28, 2012 in Wuppertal ) was a German politician ( SPD ).

Life and work

After attending elementary school and advanced school, Matthes passed secondary school in 1931. He then completed a four-year training course as a fabric printer. He did military service from 1935 to 1937, was drafted into the Wehrmacht in 1939 and took part in World War II as a soldier . In 1944 he was taken prisoner, from which he was released in November 1946.

The
Matthes party had already joined the Socialist Workers' Youth (SAJ) in 1928 . Since 1933 he was a member of the SPD. From 1946 to 1965 he was managing director of the party in Wuppertal.

Deputy
Matthes was from 1948 to 1979 council member of the city of Wuppertal. He was a member of the German Bundestag from 1965 to 1972. In parliament he represented the constituency of Wuppertal II .

Honors

In 1969 he was awarded the ring of honor by the city of Wuppertal .

Web links

• Matthes, Kurt . In: Martin Schumacher (Ed.): MdB - The People's Representation 1946–1972. - [Maack bis Muuss] (=  KGParl online publications ). Commission for the History of Parliamentarism and Political Parties e. V., Berlin 2006, ISBN 978-3-00-020703-7 , pp. 797 , urn : nbn: de: 101: 1-2014070812574 ( kgparl.de [PDF; 375 kB ; accessed on June 19, 2017]).
• Florian Launus: Barmen: Die-hard soci - since 1928. In: Westdeutsche Zeitung . December 28, 2007, article on the occasion of his 80th anniversary as a member of the SPD.
• Article on Matthes' 95th birthday
• Article about Matthes' war memories
• Appreciation for the death of Kurt Matthes
• The Wuppertal SPD mourns Kurt Matthes. In: Westdeutsche Zeitung . (online) from March 2, 2012.

Individual evidence

1. ↑ werner-steinbach.de ( Memento from February 21, 2004 in the Internet Archive ) List of bearers of the ring of honor of the city of Wuppertal, accessed May 2008.