Max Richter (politician, 1881)
Max Richter (born September 16, 1881 in Crimmitschau ; † May 3, 1945 in Neustädter Bucht ) was a German trade unionist and social democratic politician.
Life
Richter was a trained white tanner. In 1900 he joined the SPD and the free trade unions . After completing three years of military service, he was chairman of the trade union cartel in Metzingen from 1906 to 1911 . From 1911 Richter was full-time managing director of the leather workers' association in Neumünster . Between 1914 and 1916 he took part in the First World War and left the army as a war disabled.
During the November Revolution , Richter was a member of the People's Council for the Province of Schleswig-Holstein . He also took part in the first Imperial Councilor Congress. After returning from the war, his main job was to take up his old position as managing director, which he held until 1933. He was also temporarily chairman of the trade union cartel and the ADGB local committee in Neumünster .
From 1919 to 1921 Richter was a member of the constituent Prussian state assembly and then until 1924 a member of the Prussian state parliament . From December 1924 to 1933 he was a member of the Reichstag .
During the National Socialist era , Richter was the owner of a cigar shop in Neumünster. He was probably imprisoned for several months in 1943 for political reasons. As part of the grid action , Richter was arrested again on August 22, 1944 and sent to the Neuengamme concentration camp . He died when the ship Cap Arcona, which was also occupied by concentration camp prisoners, was sunk on May 3, 1945.
Commemoration
Since 1992, one of the 96 memorial plaques for members of the Reichstag murdered by the National Socialists has been commemorating judges in Berlin near the Reichstag .
literature
- Max Richter . In: Franz Osterroth : Biographical Lexicon of Socialism . Deceased personalities . Vol. 1. JHW Dietz Nachf., Hannover 1960, pp. 240–249.
- Social Democratic Party of Germany (ed.): Committed to freedom. Memorial book of the German social democracy in the 20th century. Marburg 2000, ISBN 3-89472-173-1 , p. 270.
- Martin Schumacher (Hrsg.): MdR The Reichstag members of the Weimar Republic in the time of National Socialism. Political persecution, emigration and expatriation, 1933–1945. A biographical documentation . 3rd, considerably expanded and revised edition. Droste, Düsseldorf 1994, ISBN 3-7700-5183-1 .
Web links
- Literature by and about Max Richter in the catalog of the German National Library
- Max Richter in the database of members of the Reichstag
- Wilhelm Heinz Schröder : Max Richter in BIORAB (the exact data set must be determined using the search function)
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Judge, max |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German trade unionists and politicians (SPD), MdR |
| DATE OF BIRTH | September 16, 1881 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Crimmitschau |
| DATE OF DEATH | May 3, 1945 |
| Place of death | Neustadt Bay |