Kurt Rosenbaum
Kurt Rosenbaum (born March 30, 1896 in Lippstadt , † July 21, 1949 in Cochabamba , Bolivia [uncertain]) was a German politician (KPD).
Live and act
Rosenbaum was born in 1896 as the son of the Jewish banker Matthias Rosenbaum. After attending primary school , he completed a commercial apprenticeship. In 1918 Rosenbaum became a member of the USPD . After the First World War , he moved to the Communist Party of Germany (KPD). In the following years he lived as an assistant in Halle an der Saale . He later became an employee of a consumer cooperative . After 1922 he was an editor in Essen.
In the KPD, Rosenbaum became a Polleiter in Westphalia-Süd, then in Halle-Merseburg. He was also a member of the Political Commission of the 1925 KPD party congress.
From 1924 to 1928 Rosenbaum was a member of the Reichstag in Berlin for two legislative periods . In May 1924 Rosenbaum was elected to the Reichstag as a candidate of the KPD for constituency 18 (Westphalia-South). In the elections of December 1924 he was elected to parliament as a candidate for constituency 11 (Merseburg). In between, Rosenbaum was imprisoned from 1924 to 1925 . In the following years he worked for various communist newspapers.
The last secured information about Kurt Rosenbaum comes from 1937, when he is said to have been registered as unemployed in Leipzig . So far it is considered lost.
According to internet sources, Rosenbaum and his wife Hedwig Sara Rosenbaum, b. Steiner, via Siberia and North America to Bolivia, where he is said to have died on July 21, 1949 in Cochabamba.
literature
- Rosenbaum, Kurt . In: Hermann Weber , Andreas Herbst : German Communists. Biographisches Handbuch 1918 to 1945. 2nd, revised and greatly expanded edition. Dietz, Berlin 2008, ISBN 978-3-320-02130-6 .
Web links
- Kurt Rosenbaum in the database of members of the Reichstag
- Kurt Rosenbaum in the online version of the Reich Chancellery Files Edition . Weimar Republic
Individual evidence
- ^ Frank Hirschinger : Gestapo agents, Trotskyites, traitors , 2005, p. 60.
- ^ German communists. Biographical Handbook (2008)
- ^ German Communists online, accessed March 23, 2020
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Rosenbaum, Kurt |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German politician (KPD), MdR |
| DATE OF BIRTH | March 30, 1896 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Lippstadt |
| DATE OF DEATH | July 21, 1949 |
| Place of death | uncertain: Cochabamba , Bolivia |