Maxim Kuraner
Maxim Kuraner (born December 16, 1901 in Metz , † March 26, 1978 in Neustadt an der Weinstrasse ) was a German politician ( SPD ).
Live and act
Kuraner attended secondary school and did a commercial apprenticeship, he worked as a publishing clerk. In 1919 he became a member of the Communist Youth Association of Germany , in 1921 he went to the KPD . There he was sub-district secretary in Trier from 1924 to 1927, before he worked in the KPD headquarters in Berlin until 1933. In 1933 Kuraner fled from the National Socialists to France, where he worked for the Humanité publishing house in Paris and was a courier for the KPD's foreign management until 1935. Kuraner took part in the Spanish Civil War in the International Brigades from 1936 to 1939 . In 1939 he left the KPD and interned in Vichy - France, where he stayed until 1943. He was then a member of the Resistance until 1944 .
In 1946 he returned to Germany and joined the SPD. He was a licensee and political editor of the newspaper Die Rheinpfalz . In 1947 Kuran became city councilor and parliamentary group leader in Neustadt an der Weinstrasse and district secretary of the SPD. On January 13, 1950, he stood up for the late Friedrich Schmidt in the state parliament of Rhineland-Palatinate , where he was a member of parliament until 1959.
literature
- Kuraner, Maxim (Max) . In: Hermann Weber , Andreas Herbst : German Communists. Biographical Handbook 1918 to 1945 . 2nd, revised and greatly expanded edition. Karl Dietz, Berlin 2008, ISBN 978-3-320-02130-6 .
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| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Kuraner, Maxim |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German politician (SPD), MdL |
| DATE OF BIRTH | December 16, 1901 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Metz |
| DATE OF DEATH | March 26, 1978 |
| Place of death | Neustadt an der Weinstrasse |