Kurt Uhlig

This article deals with the German politician; the actor of the same name is portrayed under Kurt Uhlig (actor) .

Adolf Kurt Uhlig (born May 15, 1888 in Coßmannsdorf ; † March 7, 1958 in Frankfurt am Main ) was a German politician ( SPD ).

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After attending elementary school in Somsdorf and Coßmannsdorf from 1894 to 1902, Uhlig attended the preparatory institute and the teachers' college in Dresden for six years . Around 1907 he joined the Social Democratic Party of Germany (SPD). From 1908 to 1911 he lived as an assistant teacher in Kreischa and Großoelsa near Dresden. After a year as a provisional teacher, Uhlig worked as a permanent teacher from 1912 to 1932 and as a senior teacher from 1932 to 1933.

In 1922 he completed an auxiliary school teacher course at the University of Leipzig . From 1923 to 1933 Uhlig was a city councilor in Chemnitz , from 1930 to 1933 as parliamentary group leader of the SPD. From 1925 to 1933, Uhlig was a part-time editor of the semi-monthly publication on local politics, Sozialdemokratisches Gemeindeblatt . He also served as 2nd chairman of the Chemnitz Erzgebirge district of the SPD and 2nd chairman of the sub-district of Groß Chemnitz SPD and was also a member of the Chemnitz Gauvorstand. In addition, he was a member of the Chemnitz school advisory board and the district committee of the Chemnitz district main team, as well as a member of the regional political committee of the SPD in Saxony and, finally, from 1932 to 1933 a member of the board of the Saxon community assembly.

In the Reichstag elections of July 1932 Uhlig was a candidate of the SPD for the constituency 30 (Chemnitz-Zwickau) in the Reichstag elected. After being re-elected in the November 1932 and March 1933 elections, Uhlig was a member of the German parliament until June 1933. In March 1933, Uhlig was one of ninety-four members of the Reichstag who voted against the adoption of the Enabling Act , which together with the Reichstag Fire Ordinance of February of the same year formed the legal basis for the establishment of the National Socialist dictatorship, and which was finally adopted with 444 votes to 94 .

In May 1933 Uhlig fled to Czechoslovakia . In October 1938 Uhlig went into exile in Sweden , where he worked as a representative of the free trade unions.

In 1952 Uhlig returned to Germany. In the following four years he worked as a primary school director and then for two years as a school council in Frankfurt.

Web links

• Kurt Uhlig in the database of members of the Reichstag

Individual evidence

1. ^ Johannes Schenk / Klaus Pecher: Documents on Education Policy and Pedagogy of the German Labor Movement , 1982, p. 83.