List of members of the 1st Danzig People's Day

This list names the members of the first People's Day of the Free City of Danzig (1920–1923). This was determined in the election for the Constituent Assembly in Danzig in 1920 . The People's Day had 120 members. The Government of the Free City of Danzig was the Senate Sahm I .

MPs

Surname	fraction	annotation
Paul Albrecht	DNVP	0
Gustav Andres	USPD, VKPD	retired in 1921
Franz Arczynski	SPD, VSP	0
August Arndt	DDP, DPFW, LV	0
Heinrich Aumund	FWV	retired in 1920
Georg Bennecke	DNVP	became an honorary senator, resigned in 1921
Otto Beyer	SPD, VSP	Moved up in 1920 for Mehrwald
Paul Beyer	USPD, VKPD, KPD, KP Danzigs, VSP	0
Dr. Hans Bing	SPD, VSP	0
Hermann Böcker	DNVP	0
Walter Bohn	SPD	Bioweil names Paul as his first name, Biosop Walter; retired in 1921
Paul Brieskorn	Center, non-attached	Resigned from the parliamentary group in 1921
Arthur Brill	SPD, VSP	0
Albert Brödersdorff	FWV, DPFW	0
Adolf Brodowski	DNVP	0
Bronislaw Budzyński	Polish party	0
Dr. Siegfried Bumke	DNVP	0
Karl Christiani	DNVP	0
Johannes Czarnecki	USPD	retired in 1920
Hans Dahsler	DNVP	0
Waldemar Dobbrick	DNVP	In 1921 he moved up for Pertuss, left in 1922
Franz Doerksen	DNVP	0
Emma Doll	USPD, VKPD, KPD	declares herself a representative of the Communist Party of Germany in 1922
Johannes Dyck	DNVP	0
Paul Epp	DDP	retired in 1920
Dr. Erich Eppich	FWV, DPFW, LV	1921 moved up for Wieler
Dr. Paul Eschert	FWV, DPFW	became an honorary senator
Felix Fabian	(DDP), DPFW	Appointed as a successor for Leiding in 1921, refused the mandate
Arthur Fietkau	(USPD), VKPD, KPD, KP Danzigs, VSP	1921 moved up for Andres
Julius Fischer	USPD, VSP	0
Nikolaus Foegen	center	resigned his mandate in 1922 and moved to Germany
Emil Forster	DDP, DPFW	Was also a parliamentary senator
Erich Foss	DNVP	Reinhard moved up in 1921 and left in 1923
Dr. Albert Frank	DNVP	resigned his mandate when he was elected full-time senator in 1920
Alice Freudenthal	DNVP	0
Gerhard Friedrich	DDP, DPFW, LV	In 1920 moved up for Epp
Karl Fuchs	center	The centre's top candidate / became an honorary senator, retired in 1921
Richard Gaikowski	center	0
Bruno Gebauer	USPD, VSP	0
Julius Gehl	SPD, VSP	0
Arthur Gerick	SPD, VSP	Bioweil also calls the spelling Gerigk; 1921 moved up for Bohn
Max Glombowski	DNVP	1921 moved up for Frank
Theodor Grobelski	Polish party	0
Edwin Pit	DNVP	0
Emil Grundmann	FWV, DPFW	retired in 1921
Friedrich Grünhagen	SPD, VSP	0
Alfred Haack	DNVP	0
Rudolf Hallmann	FWV, DPFW	0
Karl Hartmann	USPD, VSP	0
Felix Haselau	FWV, DPFW, LV	0
Otto Hennke	DDP, DPFW	In 1920 moved up for Schmiljan
Gustav Hohmann	USPD, VKPD, KPD, KP Danzigs, VSP	0
Bernhard Hoppe	center	0
Martin Jakoby	(DDP), DPFW	1922 moved up for Jonas
Friedrich Janzen	center	0
Albert Jedwabski	Polish party	0
Julius Jewelowski	DDP, DPFW	became an honorary senator
Paul Jonas	(DDP), DPFW	Bioweil writes "Jonaß"; 1922 moved up for Leiding or Fabian, left in 1922
Anni Kalähne	DNVP	0
Gustav Karow	DNVP	became an honorary senator
Johann Karschewski	SPD, VSP	according to the state manual "Karschefski"
Felix Kaschubowski	USPD, VSP	0
Rudolf Keruth	FWV, DPFW	0
Hermann Klawschinski	USPD, VKPD, KPD, KP Danzigs, KPD	Moved up for Czarnecki in 1920, retired from the Communist Party in 1922 and declared himself a representative of the Communist Party of Germany
Paul Kloßowski	SPD, VSP	0
Agnes garlic	DNVP	1921 moved up for Bennecke
Reinhold Kochanski	DNVP	0
Georg König	DNVP	retired in 1921
Dr. Frank Kubacz	Polish party	0
Ernst Kuhn	DDP, DPFW, LV	0
Stanislaus Kuhnert	Polish party	0
Bruno Kurowski	center	0
Marie Landmann	center	0
Boniface Łangowski	Polish party	0
Hermann Laschewski	USPD, VKPD, KPD, KP Danzigs, KPD	Resigned from the CP parliamentary group in 1922, declares himself a representative of the CP of Germany
Karl Leiding	DDP, DPFW	retired in 1921
Albert Lemke	DNVP	moved up in 1923 for Possart
Paul Leschkowski	USPD, VSP	0
Georg Leu	SPD, VSP	0
Dr. Otto Loening	DDP, DPFW, LV	0
Paul Matschkewitz	DNVP, non-attached, VSP	from 1921 non-attached, from 1923 member of the VSP parliamentary group
Dr. Adelbert Matthaei	DNVP	from January to August 1921 President of the People's Day
Johannes Mau	USPD, VSP	0
Eduard Mayen	(FWV), DPFW	1921 moved up for Grundmann
Bruno Mehrwald	SPD	Biosop writes as Bruno Meerwaldt / December 1920 exit from the SPD and return of the mandate
Ella von Morstein	DDP, DPFW	0
Hans Müller	SPD, VSP	0
Friedrich Nagrotzki	SPD, VSP	0
Franz Neubauer	center	0
Dr. Hugo Neumann	FWV, DPFW	0
Dr. Heinrich Niehuus	DNVP	1921 moved up for König
Ludwig Noé	DDP, DPFW	Full-time senator until April 1921
August Nopper	USPD, VKPD, KPD, KP Danzigs, VSP	0
Dr. Wladislaw Panecki	Polish party	0
Eduard Penner	DNVP	1922 moved up for Dobbrick
Otto Pertuss	DNVP	Bioweil it writes Pertus / became an honorary senator, resigned in 1921
Eduard Philipsen	DNVP	0
Karoline Plagemann	SPD, VSP	0
Max Plettner	USPD, VSP	0
Margarete Possart	DNVP	resigned in 1923 and resigned from the party
Karl Preuss	SPD, VSP	Biosop mentions Preus as the family name; Moved up in 1920 for Wohlgemuth
Wilhelm Rahn	USPD, VKPD, KPD, KP Danzigs, VSP	0
Arthur robbery	USPD, VKPD, KPD, KP Danzigs, KPD	1922 change from the KP Danzig to KP Deutschlands
Walter Reek	SPD, VSP	0
Karl Rehberg	SPD, VSP	0
D. Wilhelm Reinhard	DNVP	1920–21 President of the People's Day; retired in 1921
Albert Röbbeling	USPD, VSP	1922 moved up for Uebersohn
Ernst Roggenbuck	USPD, VSP	0
Anton Sawatzki	center	became an honorary senator
Wilhelm Säwe	USPD, VKPD, KPD, KP Danzigs, KPD	Resigned from the CP parliamentary group in 1922, declares himself a representative of the CP of Germany
Hermann Schede	DNVP	0
Eduard Schilke	center	0
Gustav Schlichting	DNVP	1923 moved up for Foss
Eduard Schmidt	USPD, VKPD, KPD, KP Danzigs, VSP	0
Alfred Schmiljan	DDP	retired in 1920
Johann Schmolinski	center	1922 moved up for Foegen
Falk von Schroeter	FWV, DPFW	0
Johannes Schulz	center	0
Wilhelm Schümmer	center	became a full-time senator, resigned from office in 1921
Heinrich Schwegmann	DNVP	0
Hermann Seegler	DNVP	Moved up for Truhn in 1920
Richard Senftleben	DNVP	became an honorary senator
Max Sommerfeld	DNVP	0
Fritz Spill	SPD, VSP	0
Franz Splett	center	0
Hugo Spohn	center	retired in 1921
Simon Stawicki	Center, VSP	1923 changed from the center to the VSP
Hermann Stobbe	DNVP	0
Dr. Antonie Stremme	FWV, DPFW	0
Rudolf Sturm	(FWV), DPFW	1921 moved up for Aumund
Dr. Adolf Treichel	DNVP	1921–23 President of the People's Day
Gustav Truhn	DNVP	retired in 1920
Hermann Uebersohn	USPD	retired in 1922
Emil Libra	center	1921 moved up for Spohn
Siegfried Wehnde	USPD, VKPD, KPD, KP Danzigs, VSP	0
Paul White	center	0
Dr. Friedrich Wendt	DNVP	0
Eugen Werner	SPD, VSP	Moved up for Zint in 1920
Lisbeth Wessel	FWV, DPFW, LV	0
Fritz Wieler	FWV, DPFW	retired in 1921
Max Witt	DNVP	0
Otto Woelk	SPD, VSP	0
Toni Wohlgemuth	SPD	according to the state manual "Wohlgemut"; retired in 1920
Bernhard Wolff	center	1921 moved up for Fuchs
Dr. Ernst Ziehm	DNVP	Deputy Senate President
Franz Ziehm	DNVP	became an honorary senator
Dr. Hans Zint	SPD	retired in 1920
Martha Zuper	center	1921 moved up for Schümmer

Parties

• DDP = German Democratic Party - liberal
• DNVP = German National People's Party of the Free City of Danzig
• DPFW = German Party for Progress and Economy - merger of the FWV and the DDP from January 1921
• FWV = Free Economic Association - liberal
• KP Danzig = Communist Party of the Free City of Danzig - split off from the KPD faction in August 1922; Dissolution and entry into the VSP in June 1923
• KPD = Communist Party of Germany - name of the VKPD from October 1921
• LV = Liberal Association - split from the DPFW in October 1923
• Polish Party - candidate list of the Polish minority in Gdansk
• SPD = Social Democratic Party of the Free City of Danzig
• USPD = Independent Social Democratic Party
• VKPD = United Communist Party of Germany - represented from January 1921 by the transfer of several USPD MPs
• VSP = United Social Democratic Party - merger of the SPD and USPD parliamentary groups in June 1923
• Center = Center Party of the Free City of Danzig - Catholic

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The list is based on various sources. The information on resignations and parliamentary group reshuffles are taken from the 1926 State Handbook.

• Martin Schumacher (Ed.): MdL, the end of parliaments in 1933 and the members of the state parliaments and citizenships of the Weimar Republic during the National Socialist era: political persecution, emigration and expatriation 1933–1945; a biographical index / [Commission on the History of Parliamentarism and Political Parties], 1995, ISBN 3-7700-5189-0
• Bioweil ( Memento from July 8, 2012 in the web archive archive.today )
• Biography of the list of members of the 1st Gdansk People's Day . In: Wilhelm H. Schröder : Social Democratic Parliamentarians in the German Reich and Landtag 1876–1933 (BIOSOP) (the exact data set must be found using the search function)
• People's Day Gdansk: Negotiations of the Constituent Assembly of the Free City of Gdansk. Stenographic reports. From the 1st session on June 14, 1920 to the 51st (final) session on December 6, 1920, Danzig 1920.
• Robert Franke / Otto Loening (ed.): The Constituent Assembly of the Free City of Danzig (State Handbook), Danzig 1920.
• People's Day Danzig: Negotiations of the People's Day of the Free City of Danzig. Volume 1-6. Stenographic reports, Danzig 1921–1923.
• State Statistical Office of the Free City: State Manual of the Free City of Gdansk. Edition 1926 , Danzig 1926, pp. 338–346.