Paul Kleefoot

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Paul Kleefoot (born December 14, 1870 in Hamburg , † April 25, 1938 in Ludwigshafen am Rhein ) was a German politician ( SPD ).

Life and work

After attending elementary school in Hamburg until 1885, Kleefoot completed an apprenticeship in the tobacco industry, acquired a master craftsman's certificate and went on a hike. He began his military service in 1892, in that year he also joined the SPD and the trade union. In 1893 he became a works manager in a Mannheim cigar factory and moved to Ludwigshafen am Rhein. There he became editor in 1905, later also editor-in-chief, of the SPD newspaper Pfälzische Post . From 1915 he was director of the consumer association .

politics

From 1907 he was chairman of the Ludwigshafen SPD and from 1910 a member of the district board. From 1915 to 1920 Kleefoot was elected to the city ​​council of Ludwigshafen am Rhein. From 1919 to 1920 he was a member of the Bavarian State Parliament . In 1920 he was elected second mayor of Ludwigshafen am Rhein with responsibility for social affairs. In 1933 the National Socialists removed him from his position and he was taken into protective custody.

There is a Paul-Kleefoot-Platz in Ludwigshafen.

literature

  • Peter Ruf: Ludwigshafen deputy in the state parliament, Reichstag and Bundestag . Ludwigshafen 1993, ISBN 3-924667-20-9
  • City archive of the city of Ludwigshafen am Rhein (ed.): History of the city of Ludwigshafen am Rhein: Vol. 1., From the beginnings to the end of the First World War . Ludwigshafen am Rhein 2003, ISBN 3-924667-35-7

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. On the failure of democracy, The Palatinate at the end of the Weimar Republic, Gerhard Nestler, u. a., p. 244