Peter Jacobs

Peter Jacobs (born June 7, 1906 in Trier ; † January 10, 1967 there ) was a German journalist and politician ( SPD ).

Life and work

After attending primary school, Jacobs completed an apprenticeship as an electrician. He then worked as an editor for newspapers and magazines, including managing director of the Volksbühne in Trier. In 1928 he joined the union as a secretary. After they were banned by the National Socialists in 1933, he worked as a retail salesman. From 1939 to 1942 he took part in the Second World War as a soldier . After the assassination attempt on July 20, 1944, he was arrested by the Gestapo and imprisoned for a short time.

After the war, Jacobs worked again as a businessman. In 1947 he became editor of the SPD newspaper Die Freiheit . Later he was a member of the board of directors of Südwestfunk (SWF).

Political party

Jacobs joined the SAJ in 1922 and joined the SPD in 1924. In 1945 he took part in the reconstruction of the SPD in the Trier administrative district and was elected chairman of the Trier SPD sub-district in 1947.

MP

After the Second World War, Jacobs was a council member of the city of Trier and a member of the district council of the Trier district . He was a member of the Advisory State Assembly in 1946/47 and was then a member of the Rhineland-Palatinate State Parliament until his resignation on October 26, 1949 . Franz Herrig succeeded him in the state parliament . He was a member of the German Bundestag from its first election in 1949 to 1965. He was always drawn into parliament via the Rhineland-Palatinate state list. From 1953 to 1957 he was deputy chairman of the Bundestag committee for border issues. He was also a member of the Consultative Assembly of the Council of Europe and the Western European Union (WEU) since October 1956 .

Honors

The Peter-Jacobs-Straße in Trier is named after Jacobs .

literature

• Rudolf Vierhaus , Ludolf Herbst (eds.), Bruno Jahn (collaborators): Biographical manual of the members of the German Bundestag. 1949-2002. Vol. 1: A-M. KG Saur, Munich 2002, ISBN 3-598-23782-0 , p. 380.