Max Strötzel
Max Strötzel (born July 25, 1885 in Markranstädt ; † January 1945 in the Soviet Union) was a German craftsman (metal worker) and politician (KPD).
Live and act
After Max Strötzel had learned the lathe trade in his youth, he worked as a metal worker in Leipzig . In 1906 he joined the Social Democratic Party of Germany (SPD). During the First World War , as an opponent of the SPD leadership's policy of supporting the war by granting so-called war credits in the Reichstag, Strötzel switched to the Independent Social Democratic Party of Germany (USPD), founded in 1917 , which, in contrast to the old SPD (now at times also known as MSPD ) against the loans. From 1920 he belonged to the Communist Party of Germany (KPD).
Within the KPD, Strötzel initially belonged to the Fischer group before taking the side of the Thälmann wing . In 1921 he came to the central committee of his party. From 1922 to 1927 he was the political leader (Polleiter) of the West Saxony district. He then became a Polleiter in the Pomerania district. From 1924 to 1932 he was a member of his party in the Reichstag in Berlin for four legislative terms . There he represented constituency 29 (Leipzig) for two electoral terms (1924–1928), then electoral district 6 (Pomerania) for two electoral terms. Since 1925 he was also a member of the central committee of the KPD.
During the Weimar period, Max Strötzel was repeatedly tried. Among other things, charges were brought against him for “despising the state and especially the police forces”. As a communist after the accession of the Nazis subjected to political persecution, Strötzel went to 1933 into exile in the Soviet Union, where he died in January 1945th
literature
- Strötzel, Max . 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
- Max Strötzel in the database of members of the Reichstag
Individual evidence
- ↑ Bruno Retzlaff-Kresse: Illegality-Dungeon-Exile. Memories from the anti-fascist struggle , 1980, p. 28.
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Strötzel, Max |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German politician (KPD), MdR |
| DATE OF BIRTH | July 25, 1885 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Markranstädt |
| DATE OF DEATH | January 1945 |
| Place of death | Soviet Union |