Oskar Dürr

Oskar Dürr (* July 24, 1877 ; † 1959 ) was city commander of Munich from November 24, 1918 to April 13, 1919 .

Life

Dürr learned the profession of lithographer , was a businessman, functionary of the local health insurance and estate administrator of the SPD . In 1898 he held the post of Russian Vice Consul in Munich. From 1911 he headed the Neuhausen section of the Munich Social Democratic Association . On December 2, 1918, Dürr and the commander of the Royal Bavarian Infantry Body Regiment , Franz Ritter von Epp, declared : »To dispel disturbing rumors to the contrary, we announce that the Infantry Regiment, including its officers, is committed to maintaining public order and provided security to the city headquarters. "

On the morning of January 10, 1919, twelve people were arrested under his command, including Max Levien , Josef Sontheimer (1867-1919), Eugen Leviné , Hilde Kramer and Erich Mühsam . When his later successor as commandant Rudolf Egelhofer then Kurt Eisner threatened with a weapon, this explained the prisoners released from custody for.

On February 19, 1919, Dürr was arrested during the Lotter putsch . On April 7, 1919, Dürr proclaimed the Munich Soviet Republic with the Central Council and the Revolutionary Workers' Council . As a result of the foiled Palm Sunday coup , which was directed against the Soviet Republic , Rudolf Egelhofer replaced Oskar Dürr as city commander on April 13, 1919.

After the Second World War , Dürr was a member of the Munich City Council from 1945 to 1948 .

Honors

1952: Cross of Merit on Ribbon of the Federal Republic of Germany

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Individual evidence

↑ Günther Gerstenberg, Erich Mühsam, We're not giving up!
^ Ed. Franz J. Bauer, Die Eisner Government 1918/19: Ministerial Protocols and Documents, Düsseldorf, 1987. P. 132.
^ Two minutes of the meeting of the revolutionary Central Council in Munich in the literary yearbook of the Görres Society: NF, 33., 1992 p. 252 FN. 63.

personal data
SURNAME	Dürr, Oskar
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	Munich city commander
DATE OF BIRTH	July 24, 1877
DATE OF DEATH	1959

[1] Günther Gerstenberg, Erich Mühsam, We're not giving up!

[2] Ed. Franz J. Bauer, Die Eisner Government 1918/19: Ministerial Protocols and Documents, Düsseldorf, 1987. P. 132.

[3] Two minutes of the meeting of the revolutionary Central Council in Munich in the literary yearbook of the Görres Society: NF, 33., 1992 p. 252 FN. 63.