Paul Hesslein

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Paul Heßlein (born April 30, 1886 in Bamberg , † June 30, 1953 ) was the only member who ever represented the Center Party of Saxony in the Saxon state parliament in the Weimar Republic .

Paul Heßlein came from a Jewish family who converted to Catholicism around 1905.

He worked as a journalist and was the chief editor of the Sächsische Volkszeitung . Politically, he was a member of the Center Party and became mayor of Schirgiswalde in Upper Lusatia .

Paul Heßlein was elected to the state parliament in the state elections in Saxony in 1920 and represented the center there until the end of the 1922 electoral term. He later became general secretary of the state association.

From 1928 to March 30, 1933 Paul Heßlein worked as press chief of the German Association of Officials and chief editor of the organ of the association "The Association of Officials".

With the seizure of power by the National Socialists, the Center was dissolved and Paul Hesslein suffered because of his Jewish origins and political position persecution by the new rulers. So he lost his job. In 1938 he had to emigrate to England. In 1939 he emigrated to Chile . There he was the editor of a weekly press and information service ('Political Letters', 'Economic Private Information for Chile and South America', later 'Economic Policy and Economic Service'). In 1942 he was naturalized in Chile. In 1953 he returned to the Federal Republic of Germany with his wife .

His son Bernd C. Hesslein (1921–2012) also became a journalist.

An interview with Paul Hesslein in 1951, in which he stated that he had seen Martin Bormann alive in Chile, attracted attention .

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SURNAME Hesslein, Paul
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Hesslein, Paul; Hesslein, Paolo
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German politician (center) and journalist
DATE OF BIRTH April 30, 1886
PLACE OF BIRTH Bamberg
DATE OF DEATH June 30, 1953