Paul Lohmann (politician)

Paul Lohmann (* 20th October 1902 in Minden / Westfalen , † 27. October 1953 ) was a German politician of the SPD .

Life and work

After elementary school and working as an unskilled worker, Lohmann attended the social policy seminar at the German University of Politics in Berlin from 1926 to 1928 . After completing his studies with the educator exam, he worked in various municipal children's homes and finally in the welfare office of the city of Neumünster . In 1933 he was sentenced to three years in prison for violating the SPD ban for political reasons. After his release he did a roofing apprenticeship and worked as a roofer journeyman. In 1939 he was arrested again and imprisoned in Sachsenhausen concentration camp . In February 1943 he was released for military service. In 1944 he was captured by the Americans, most of which he spent in Fort Devens / Massachusetts , a prisoner-of-war camp for German and Austrian opponents of National Socialism, where he was editor-in-chief of the anti-fascist prisoner-of-war newspaper PW between February and September 1945 . After his release from captivity in early 1946, he returned to Neumünster. Lohmann committed suicide in 1953.

Lohmann, who was non-denominational, was married and had one child.

Political party

Lohmann was an active member of the SPD during the Weimar Republic . In the final phase of the Weimar Republic, Lohmann joined the Socialist Workers' Party of Germany , after returning to Germany in 1946 he rejoined the SPD.

MP

Lohmann was a member of the state parliament in Schleswig-Holstein from 1947 until his death . He represented the constituency of Neumünster in parliament and was secretary of the state parliament from 1950 until his death. From May 1950 to July 1952 he was also mayor of Neumünster.

Web links

• Paul Lohmann (politician) in the state parliament information system Schleswig-Holstein