Paul Rüffer

Paul Rüffer (born December 3, 1873 in Wernersdorf , Bolkenhain district , † after 1939) was a German politician ( DNVP ).

Life

After graduating from elementary school in 1887, Rüffer completed an apprenticeship in rope and worked as a textile and ironworker until 1898. In addition, he continued his education through self-study as well as by visiting the Humboldt Academy in Breslau and acquired the preparatory training for service in the Inner Mission of the Deacon Training Institute of the Evangelical Johannesstift Berlin . He also carried out historical and economic studies. In the spring of 1898 he entered the deacon institute of the Evangelical Johannesstift Berlin. From 1902 to 1905 he worked for the Association of Evangelical Men and Young People's Associations in Silesia, became general secretary in the Christian social movement in 1906 and worked as general secretary at the social office for Evangelical Germany in Berlin from 1914 . At the same time he acted as workers secretary for the Berlin Association of Evangelical Workers and People's Associations.

During the First World War , Rüffer was drafted as a Landsturmmann in 1915. He took part in the battles in Belgium and the Somme , was awarded the Iron Cross II. Class and was finally wounded in the knee joint by a grenade shot at Miraumont in October 1916 . In 1917 he was discharged from the reconnaissance service as no longer fit for use in the field.

During the Weimar Republic , Rüffer was a member of the DNVP and chairman of the German National Workers' Union. He was a member of the Berlin city council from 1914 to 1921 and was elected as a member of the Prussian state parliament in 1921 , to which he belonged until 1933. In addition to his political activities, he wrote numerous national papers.

literature

• Ernst Kienast (Ed.): Handbook for the Prussian Landtag , edition for the 5th electoral period, Berlin 1933, p. 375/376.
• Herrmann AL Degener (Ed.): Who is it? 9th edition, Leipzig 1928, pp. 1305/1306.