Paul Neue

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Paul Albert Neue (born October 7, 1876 in Leipzig , † January 9, 1969 in Wilhelmshaven ) was a German politician ( SPD ).

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Paul Neue was the son of the piano maker Robert Neue (1855–1921). He attended elementary school in Leipzig and did an apprenticeship as an upholsterer and upholsterer from 1891 to 1894 . In 1894 he joined the association of upholsterers and was its local chairman in Leipzig and later in Hamburg and Berlin , where he later practiced his profession. In 1897 he became a member of the SPD. From 1908 he attended the trade union school in Berlin and was active there from 1910 to 1914 as the Social Democratic constituency chairman. At the beginning of the First World War he was drafted into military service and released in 1917 due to an injury. During the November Revolution of 1918/19, which brought the SPD a strong increase in members, he was a member of the Berlin Workers 'and Soldiers' Council as a representative of the majority Social Democratic Party (MSPD) . He took part as a delegate at the 1st Council Congress in December 1918 and the 2nd Council Congress in April 1919 and also became a member of the Central Council of the German Socialist Republic in April . In June 1919 Neue officiated as party secretary of the SPD district Oldenburg-Ostfriesland-Osnabrück and also headed the SPD office in Emden . From 1921 he worked in the district secretariat in Rüstringen , from 1921 also belonged to the provincial parliament of the province of Hanover and was senator for the city of Wilhelmshaven from 1924 to 1933. From April to July 1933 he was also the representative of Oswald Chancellor in the Prussian State Council . In Wilhelmshaven he was instrumental in founding the Reichsbanner Schwarz-Rot-Gold from 1924 and acted as its Gau chairman until 1933. In early May 1933 he was forced to flee to Czechoslovakia due to massive pressure from the National Socialists . There he earned his living by running a milk shop in Teplitz-Schönau . After the incorporation of the Sudetenland into the German Reich in October 1938 , Neue left the country via Prague , went to Copenhagen and finally emigrated to Sweden . There he made his way as a German teacher. In 1940 he was withdrawing German nationality expatriated .

In Sweden, Neue, who belonged to the right wing within social democracy, belonged to the group around Kurt Heinig , which strictly rejected any cooperation with left- wing socialists and communists . As a result, he got into a sharp conflict with Willy Brandt , whose aim was to unite the left forces of all political wings in Stockholm. After the war ended, Neue returned to Denmark and from October 1945 worked in the Danish refugee administration in Copenhagen. He came to Wilhelmshaven in February 1947 to accompany repatriated National Socialists. There he immediately returned to work in the SPD. In 1958 he was appointed honorary chairman of the Wilhelmshaven district association. In addition, Neue was committed to founding the Volksbühne Wilhelmshaven.

family

Neue was born with Georgine since 1901. Möller (1877–1965) married. His wife emigrated with him and did not return to Wilhelmshaven until October 1948.

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personal data
SURNAME New one, Paul
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Neue, Paul Albert (full name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German social democratic politician
DATE OF BIRTH October 7, 1876
PLACE OF BIRTH Leipzig
DATE OF DEATH January 9, 1969
Place of death Wilhelmshaven