Médard Brogly

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Médard Brogly, 1932

Médard Brogly (born April 29, 1878 in Rixheim , † December 5, 1959 in Riedisheim ) was an Alsatian politician who was active under German and French rule.

Live and act

His parents were Fridolin Brogly and Marie, geb. Koerber. Médard Brogly married Philomène Meyer in 1909 , with whom he had two sons and two daughters. He attended high school in Colmar and then the University of Strasbourg . Then he was a teacher in Colmar and Mulhouse .

In 1911 he was a member of the Landtag of the Reichsland Alsace-Lorraine for the constituency of Habsheim-Landser and the center . Because of his pro-French convictions, he was arrested for the first time after the outbreak of World War I on August 11, 1914. On April 13, 1915, he was arrested again and on July 13, 1915, a German court martial sentenced him to ten years' imprisonment and loss of civil rights for espionage for France . It was only on 9 November 1918, he came as a result of the November Revolution from prison in Sarreguemines free.

He joined the newly formed Union populaire républicaine and in 1919 became party chairman in the Haut-Rhin department, an office he held until the party was dissolved in 1940. From 1919 to 1924 and from 1928 to 1936 he was a member of the Chamber of Deputies . From 1936 to 1944 he was a member of the Senate for the Haut-Rhin department .

After 1940 he was active in the French resistance . After 1945 he withdrew from politics.

Awards

Publications

  • On the School and Language Issues in Alsace and Lorraine (1932)
  • La grande épreuve: l'Alsace sous l'occupation Allemande (1945)

literature

  • Mayeur, Dictionnaire du monde religieux, 2. L'Alsace , 1987
  • Henry Coston, Dictionnaire de la politique francaise , 1972

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personal data
SURNAME Brogly, Médard
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Franco-German politician
DATE OF BIRTH April 29, 1878
PLACE OF BIRTH Rixheim
DATE OF DEATH 5th December 1959
Place of death Riedisheim