Otto Büchner
Otto Büchner (born February 7, 1865 in Charlottenburg ; † November 29, 1957 in East Berlin ) was a member of the Reichstag for the SPD from 1911 to 1918.
Life
Otto Büchner did an apprenticeship as a mechanic after completing elementary school in 1878, which he completed in 1883 and then worked as a mechanic and watchmaker. From 1895 to 1897 he was an authorized representative of the branch of the metal workers' association in Berlin .
Otto Büchner had been a member of the SPD since 1888. In April 1911, he became a member of the Reichstag for the late Paul Singer , to which he was a member until 1918. From 1917 to 1922 he was in the USPD , after which he returned to the SPD. From November 1918 to February 1919 he was Undersecretary of State in the Reich Office for Economic Demobilization .
From 1921 to 1933 he was a district and city councilor in Berlin . After the Second World War he spoke out in favor of the unification of the KPD and SPD to form the SED . In April 1946 he was a member of the presidium of the founding party congress of the SED.
The SED honored him with a grave in the central cemetery Friedrichsfelde , where his urn was buried in the memorial of the socialists .
Works
- A socialist tells , East Berlin, 1957 (autobiography)
literature
- Active Museum Association : In Front of the Door - Berlin City Councilors and Magistrate Members persecuted under National Socialism 1933–1945 , Berlin 2006, ISBN 978-3-00-018931-9 , page 160.
source
- Otto Büchner in the database of members of the Reichstag
- Otto Buechner's biography . In: Heinrich Best : database of the members of the Reichstag of the Empire 1867/71 to 1918 (Biorab - Kaiserreich)
- Otto Büchner's biography . In: Wilhelm H. Schröder : Social Democratic Parliamentarians in the German Reich and Landtag 1876–1933 (BIOSOP)
- Otto Büchner's biography . In: Wilhelm H. Schröder : Database Social Democratic Members of the Reichstag and Reichstag candidates 1898-1918 (BIOKAND)
Individual evidence
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SURNAME | Büchner, Otto |
BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German politician (SPD, USPD, SED), MdR |
DATE OF BIRTH | February 7, 1865 |
PLACE OF BIRTH | Charlottenburg |
DATE OF DEATH | November 29, 1957 |
Place of death | East Berlin |