Oswald Schumann
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Oswald Schumann (born December 11, 1865 in Borzenzine , Trachenberg (Silesia), † June 9, 1939 in Petershagen near Berlin) was a German trade unionist and politician ( SPD ).
Live and act
Schumann was born in 1865 as the son of a miller. From 1872 to 1879 he attended the elementary school in Borzenzine. He then worked for three years as a railroad worker in Beuthen in Upper Silesia. Then he went to Breslau and Berlin as a trade and transport worker . He later took up residence in Mahlsdorf near Berlin. As a young man, Schumann joined the SPD, in which he belonged to the right wing of the party. From January 1, 1897 to December 31, 1929, Schumann was chairman of the German Transport Workers' Association (from 1923: German Transport Association). In 1905 he became a member of the General Commission of the German Trade Unions , which was a member until 1919. From 1908 to 1919 Schumann was a member of the Mahlsdorf council.
In January 1912 Schumann was elected as his party's candidate for the constituency of Frankfurt an der Oder 8 in the Reichstag , to which he initially belonged until the collapse of the German Empire in November 1918. Together with Friedrich Rauch , Schumann was one of the first two unskilled workers to win a seat in the Reichstag in this election.
On November 14, 1918, Schumann was appointed as an alderman for the demobilization office.
From January 1919 to June 1920 Schumann was a member of the Weimar National Assembly , in which he represented constituency 6 (Frankfurt an der Oder). In June 1920 Schumann was elected to the Reichstag of the Weimar Republic for constituency 5 (Frankfurt an der Oder) , to which he was a member until July 1932. His mandate was confirmed four times - in May and December 1924, May 1928 and September 1930 - in elections. In addition, he was a member of the board of directors of the Deutsche Reichspost from April 1924 to 1933 . From 1930 to November 1932 Schumann was one of the chairmen of the General Association of Employees in Public Enterprises and the Movement of People and Goods .
After the National Socialist " seizure of power ", Schumann was taken into " protective custody " as one of the leaders of the General German Trade Union Confederation , from which he was released on June 10, 1933.
Fonts
- The right of coalition for transport workers in Germany , Berlin 1913.
literature
- 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 .
- Rüdiger Zimmermann : Schumann, Oswald (1865–1939). In: Biographical Lexicon of the ÖTV and its predecessor organizations. Part 172, Library of the Friedrich Ebert Foundation, Bonn 1998.
Web links
- Literature by and about Oswald Schumann in the catalog of the German National Library
- Oswald Schumann in the database of members of the Reichstag
- Oswald Schumann in the online version of the Reich Chancellery Edition Files. Weimar Republic
Individual evidence
- ^ Commission for the History of Parliamentarism and Political Parties. Sources on the history of parliamentarism and political parties , p. 1306.
- ^ Hanns Hubert Hofmann: Leading Forces and Groups in the German Labor Movement , 1976, p. 76.
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Schumann, Oswald |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German trade unionists and politicians (SPD), MdR |
| DATE OF BIRTH | December 11, 1865 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Borzenine , Silesia |
| DATE OF DEATH | June 9, 1939 |
| Place of death | Petershagen |