Richard Hauschildt

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Richard Hauschildt (born November 12, 1876 in Hamburg , † December 6, 1934 in Kassel ) was a German journalist and social democratic parliamentarian .

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After primary school , Hauschildt began an apprenticeship as typesetter in Hamburg. As an apprentice he already joined the SPD and the Association of German Book Printers . He went on a hike , did his military service and worked as a typesetter until 1900.

In February 1900 Hauschildt became editor of the Mainzer Volkszeitung . He subsequently also worked for the Magdeburger Volksstimme and the Offenbacher Abendblatt . In March 1905 he became editor of the Volksblatt in Kassel , where he stayed until September 1925 and mainly worked with Philipp Scheidemann . From 1906 to 1922 he was chairman of the SPD in Kassel.

In 1914 Hauschildt took part in the First World War. From 1916 to 1924 he was a city ​​councilor in Kassel. From November 1918 to 1919 he was a leading member of the Kassel Workers 'and Soldiers' Council, of which he was temporarily chairman. He was sent as a delegate to the 1st Council Congress in December 1918 and to the 2nd Council Congress in April 1919. At the 2nd Council Congress he also acted as its President. From 1919 to 1924 he was a member of the Prussian state parliament . He was also a member of the central SPD party committee.

In October 1925, Hauschildt took up a new position as editor of the Free Press in Elberfeld . In January 1929 he moved to Berlin , where he edited the Social Democratic Party correspondence until February 1933 and headed the advertising department of the central SPD executive committee.

From March to August 1933 Hauschildt was imprisoned in Oranienburg concentration camp (“ protective custody ”). After his wife had given an affidavit that he would leave Strausberg , where he also served as Deputy Mayor from 1929 to 1933, and would no longer enter Berlin, Hauschildt was released. He settled in Kassel as a sales representative for soap products, but was still monitored by the police there and summoned for interrogation. He took his own life out of desperation.

A plaque on the family's former home on Paul-Singer-Straße in Strausberg commemorates Richard Hauschildt.

literature

  • Wilhelm Heinz Schröder: Social Democratic Parliamentarians in the German Reich and Landtag 1867-1933. Biographies, chronicles, election documentation. A manual . Droste, Düsseldorf 1995, ISBN 3-7700-5192-0 .
  • Board of the Social Democratic Party of Germany (ed.): Committed to freedom. Memorial book of the German social democracy in the 20th century . Schüren, Marburg 2000, ISBN 3-89472-173-1 .
  • Horst Klein (Ed.): Richard Hauschildt. (1876-1934); Traces of a social democratic life and struggle for a better world. Horst Klein (ed.). H. Klein, Strausberg, Heinrich-Rau-Str. 6 2011. (Strausberger Studies on History 46)
  • Horst Klein: Richard Hauschildt (1876–1934) - a social democrat who was driven to his death by the Nazis . In: Yearbook for research on the history of the workers' movement Berlin 2011 / I, pp. 116-134.

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personal data
SURNAME Hauschildt, Richard
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Hauschild, Richard
BRIEF DESCRIPTION social democratic journalist and parliamentarian
DATE OF BIRTH November 12, 1876
PLACE OF BIRTH Hamburg
DATE OF DEATH December 6, 1934
Place of death kassel