Otto Pressler
Otto Preßler (born December 29, 1895 in Kiel ; † July 8, 1981 ) was a German politician of the Communist Party of Germany (KPD).
Life and work
Preßler was after primary school to setters formed. In the First World War he was a soldier and was used as an armorer. After returning to Kiel in early 1919, he worked at the “ Stocks & Kolbe ” shipyard . There he later became a member of the works council. In the 1920s he moved to the “Germania Werft”. After 1945 he became an authorized representative of IG Metall in Kiel and chairman of the works council of the Hagenuk company .
Political party
From 1911 Preßler belonged to the Socialist Workers Youth , which appeared in Kiel as the "Free Youth Organization on the Kiel Fjord". He joined the newly founded KPD in January 1919. From 1920 he was chairman of the KPD. In 1929 he was expelled from the party for deviating from the law and joined the KPDO . After the Second World War he became a member of the KPD again.
MP
In 1946/47 Preßler belonged to the two appointed state parliaments of Schleswig-Holstein . In the first appointed state parliament he was chairman of the KPD parliamentary group .
In the local elections in 1946 he was elected to the city council of Kiel.
Literature about Otto Preßler
- Detlef Siegfried : “I was always one of those who didn't mince my words!” - Continuities and breaks in the life of the Kiel communist Otto Preßler. In: Democratic History IV. Neuer Malik Verlag, Kiel 1989, ISBN 3-89029-916-4 . Accessible online at: [1]
- Jessica von Seggern: Old and new democrats in Schleswig-Holstein: Democratization and new formation of a political elite at district and state level, 1945 to 1950, 2005, ISBN 3515088016 , pages 146-147, online
- Pressler, Otto . 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 .
Web links
- Literature by and about Otto Preßler in the catalog of the German National Library
- Otto Preßler in the Schleswig-Holstein state parliament information system
- Interview with Preßler on the November Revolution and the so-called Kiel Spartakist uprising
- Interview with Preßler about the Kapp Putsch in Kiel
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Pressler, Otto |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German politician (KPD), MdL |
| DATE OF BIRTH | December 29, 1895 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Kiel |
| DATE OF DEATH | July 8, 1981 |