Oskar Rusch

Oskar Rusch (born July 1, 1884 in Groß-Lichterfelde near Berlin ; † May 11, 1935 in Berlin-Friedrichsfelde ) was a socialist politician and trade unionist.

Life

After attending primary school, Rusch worked in the metal industry and joined the German Metalworkers' Association (DMV). During the November Revolution , Rusch was one of the Revolutionary Obleuts , was a member of the leadership of the Workers 'and Soldiers' Council in Berlin and was in charge of the Berlin DMV from 1918 to 1920.

Rusch had been a member of the USPD since December 1918 , where he belonged to the left wing, which at the end of 1920 merged with the KPD to form the VKPD , for which he was elected to the Prussian state parliament in February 1921 via constituency 23 (Düsseldorf-West) . As an opponent of the March action , he left the KPD again in autumn 1921 and joined the Communist Working Group (KAG) around Paul Levi and Ernst Däumig , with whom he returned to the USPD in spring 1922. Alongside Paul Wegmann , Rusch was one of the few former KAG members who refused to unite the USPD with the SPD in autumn 1922 and remained in the remaining USPD around Georg Ledebour and Theodor Liebknecht .

After his mandate in the state parliament had expired, Rusch worked as a traveling salesman. He died on May 11, 1935 in Berlin-Friedrichsfelde.

Works

• The strike in the Berlin metal industry in 1919 . Berlin 1920.

literature

• Rusch, Oskar . 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 .
• Ernst Kienast (edit.): Handbook for the Prussian Landtag. Issue for the 1st electoral term. R. v. Decker's Verlag (G. Schenck), Berlin 1921, p. 298.

Web links

• Biography of Oskar Rusch . In: Wilhelm H. Schröder : Social Democratic Parliamentarians in the German Reich and Landtag 1876–1933 (BIOSOP)