Peter Loquingen
Peter Loquingen (born August 14, 1898 in Düsseldorf ; † January 31, 1965 there ) was a German communist politician . From 1924 to 1928 he was a member of the Prussian state parliament .
Life
Loquingen, the son of a model maker, worked as a factory worker. He joined the SPD in 1919 , but switched to the USPD at the end of the year . With her left wing he came to the KPD at the end of 1920 . He was also a supporter of the left in the KPD. Loquingen had been a full-time functionary and secretary for the KPD in Hagen since 1924 . In December of the same year he was elected as the youngest member of the Landtag of the Free State of Prussia .
During the internal party disputes in the KPD, Loquingen joined the ultra-left in 1925. There he became a member of Karl Korsch's group . The KPD therefore expelled him on August 19, 1926. Loquingen retained his state parliament mandate until the end of the legislative period in 1928. He headed the Korsch group in Neuss am Rhein in the Lower Rhine district and was also a member of the management of the “Communist Politics” group (Korsch group) until 1928.
In 1929 Loquingen moved to the Saar area and became the tenant of an inn, in 1932 he was expelled. He later went back to the Saar area as a soap trade representative and was involved there for the German Front . In 1935 he moved back to Neuss. Since then, he has not confirmed himself politically. In 1936 Loquingen was drafted and drafted as a soldier. From 1936 to 1938 he served in the field artillery in Magdeburg . Subsequently Loquingen worked again as a traveling sales representative. In World War II Loquingen was drafted again and came with end of war in US, later French captivity .
In 1946 he returned to his native Düsseldorf and ran a small grocery store there.
literature
- Loquingen, Peter . In: Hermann Weber , Andreas Herbst (ed.): German communists. Biographical Handbook 1918 to 1945 . 2nd revised and greatly expanded edition. Karl Dietz Verlag, Berlin 2008, ISBN 978-3-320-02130-6 , p. 558.
Individual evidence
- ^ Karl Korsch: Complete edition . Volume 8: Letters 1908-1939 . Stichting Beheer IISG / Offizin, Amsterdam / Hannover 2001, p. 320.
- ↑ Hermann and Gerda Weber: Life according to the “left principle”. Memories from five decades . Ch.links, Berlin 2006, ISBN 978-3-86153-405-1 , p. 290.
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Loquingen, Peter |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German politician (KPD / “Communist Politics” group), MdL |
| DATE OF BIRTH | August 14, 1898 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Dusseldorf |
| DATE OF DEATH | January 31, 1965 |
| Place of death | Dusseldorf |