Otto Weber (politician, 1893)
Otto Weber (born October 23, 1893 in Witzhelden , † January 27, 1961 in Remscheid ) was a German politician ( KPD ). He is not to be confused with his party colleague of the same name Otto Weber (politician, 1889) .
Live and act
After attending primary school, Weber trained as a file cutter in Solingen . In 1913 he joined the SPD. During the First World War , in which Weber was seriously wounded (his right arm had since been crippled), he joined the USPD, which was further to the left .
After the war Weber lived as a file cutter in Remscheid. Politically, he began to get involved in the KPD , for which he sat from May to December 1924 as a member of the second Reichstag of the Weimar Republic as a representative of constituency 22 (Düsseldorf-Ost).
In 1929 Weber took over the management of the Red Aid in the Lower Rhine district. In the spring of 1931 he joined the central management of the Red Aid in Berlin. In 1932 he became a cashier at the headquarters of the Red Aid. Even before the National Socialists came to power, he distanced himself from party work.
In March 1935 Weber returned to Remscheid from Berlin. After the Second World War he rejoined the KPD, but no longer held any functions in it.
literature
- Weber, 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
- Otto Weber in the database of members of the Reichstag
Individual evidence
- ↑ Hermann Weber : The Change of German Communism , 1969, p. 339.
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Weber, Otto |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German politician (KPD), MdR |
| DATE OF BIRTH | October 23, 1893 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Joke heroes |
| DATE OF DEATH | January 27, 1961 |
| Place of death | Remscheid |