Richard Lange (politician, 1887)

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Richard Lange (born May 13, 1887 in Geithain , † January 1, 1963 in Leipzig ) was a German politician ( KPD ). He was a member of the Saxon state parliament .

Life

Long, the son of a carpenter , was metal workers and to 1912 on the move . In 1908 he joined the SPD . Until the outbreak of the First World War he was a trade union and party functionary in Leipzig. In 1915 he was called up for military service, but in 1916 he was ordered back from the front as a skilled worker with special knowledge. In 1917 he joined the USPD . As one of the organizers of the Leipzig munitions workers' strike in July 1918, he was sent back to the front, where he was taken prisoner by the French .

Lange returned to Leipzig from captivity in March 1920 and joined the KPD there. He worked in a Leipzig metal company and became chairman of the works council . In 1928 he became a member of the KPD district leadership for West Saxony. From 1926 to 1928 he was a city ​​councilor in Leipzig, 1929/1930 a member of the Saxon state parliament (4th electoral period).

After the " seizure of power " by the National Socialists in 1933, he continued to work illegally for the KPD, he was later conscripted and was under the supervision of the Gestapo .

In 1945 he rejoined the KPD and in 1946 became a member of the SED . Until 1950 he worked in the Labor Department of the City Council of Leipzig.

Lange was awarded the Patriotic Order of Merit in silver.

literature

  • Martin Schumacher (Hrsg.): MdL The end of the parliaments in 1933 and the members of the state parliaments and citizenships of the Weimar Republic in the time of National Socialism. Political persecution, emigration and expatriation 1933–1945 . Droste, Düsseldorf 1995, ISBN 3-77005-189-0 , p. 92.
  • Long, Richard . In: Hermann Weber , Andreas Herbst : German Communists. Biographical Handbook 1918 to 1945 . 2nd, revised and greatly expanded edition. Karl Dietz, Berlin 2008, ISBN 978-3-320-02130-6 .

Web links

  • Entry on the Historical Protocols page of the Saxon State Parliament .
personal data
SURNAME Long, Richard
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German politician (KPD), MdL Saxony
DATE OF BIRTH May 13, 1887
PLACE OF BIRTH Geithain
DATE OF DEATH January 1, 1963
Place of death Leipzig