Theodor Schwartz
Johann Carl Theodor Schwartz (born April 14, 1841 in Lübeck ; † April 10, 1922 there ) was a German trade unionist and social democratic politician.
Life
Schwartz was a trained shaper , but also worked as a cabin boy, sailor and ship's cook. From 1886 to 1895 he was a caterer in Lübeck.
In 1868 he joined the General German Workers 'Association and through the union of the workers' parties in 1875 became a member of the SDAP , which in 1890 was called the SPD .
Between 1889 and 1891 Schwartz was the shop steward for the Former Germany. Then Schwartz was part-time chairman of the Former Association until 1901. He was also part-time editor of the association newspaper "Glück auf" between 1891 and 1895. In 1890 Schwartz was one of the co-founders of the General Commission of the German Trade Unions . Until 1892 he was a member. He was also a co-founder and member of the union press commission in 1894. From 1895 to 1919 Schwartz was managing director of the Lübecker Volksbote . He then retired.
Schwartz had run regularly for the Reichstag since 1876 and initially unsuccessfully . He had only been a member of the Reichstag since 1890, to which he belonged, with the exception of the years between 1893 and 1898 to 1918. He was one of the critics of the war credit policy in the Reichstag parliamentary group and joined the Social Democratic Working Group in 1916 , but did not convert to the USPD .
In addition, Schwartz belonged to the state parliament of the Lübeck citizenship from 1905 to 1921. In 1919 he served as the senior president .
Among other things, a workers' welfare home is named after Schwartz .
Works
- The old Lübeck. Images from the culture and history of Lübeck up to the beginning of the 17th century . Compiled by Theodor Schwartz. Johannes Wedde , Lübeck 1887.
- Jürgen Wullenwever , Mayor of Lübeck, born in Hamburg in 1493, beheaded near Wolfenbüttel in 1537 . Hamburg 1887.
- Images from Lübeck's past. Compiled by Theodor Schwartz. Meyer, Lübek 1905.
- Hinrich Paternostermaker . A dark leaf from the fourteenth century history of Lübeck . Friedr. Meyer & Co., Lübeck 1913.
literature
- WB : Theodor Schwartz, Hinrich Paternostermaker. A dark leaf from the fourteenth century history of Lübeck. Lübeck, Friedr. Meyer & Co. 112 pages. 60 pfennigs . In: The new time . Weekly of the German Social Democracy . 31.1912-1913, 2nd volume (1913), issue 43, pp. 612-613. Digitized
- Theodor Schwartz . In: Franz Osterroth : Biographical Lexicon of Socialism . Volume I. Deceased personalities . JHW Dietz Nachf., Hannover 1960, pp. 283–284.
- Wolfgang Schröder : Schwartz, Johann Carl Theodor . In: History of the German labor movement. Biographical Lexicon . Dietz Verlag, Berlin 1970, pp. 420-421.
- Otto Wiehmann: Alken Bruns (ed.): Lübeck résumés from nine centuries . Karl Wachholz Verlag, Neumünster 1993, ISBN 3-529-02729-4 , pp. 359-361.
Web links
- Literature by and about Theodor Schwartz in the catalog of the German National Library
- Theodor Schwartz in the database of members of the Reichstag
- Biography of Theodor Schwartz . In: Wilhelm H. Schröder : Social Democratic Parliamentarians in the German Reich and Landtag 1876–1933 (BIOSOP)
- Biography of Theodor Schwartz . In: Heinrich Best : database of the members of the Reichstag of the Empire 1867/71 to 1918 (Biorab - Kaiserreich)
Individual evidence
- ^ On electoral alliances and election results, see Carl-Wilhelm Reibel: Handbuch der Reichstag elections 1890–1918. Alliances, results, candidates (= handbooks on the history of parliamentarism and political parties. Volume 15). Half volume 2, Droste, Düsseldorf 2007, ISBN 978-3-7700-5284-4 , pp. 1483–1486.
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Schwartz, Theodor |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Schwartz, Johann Carl Theodor (full name) |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German trade unionists and politicians (SPD), MdR |
| DATE OF BIRTH | April 14, 1841 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Lübeck |
| DATE OF DEATH | April 10, 1922 |
| Place of death | Lübeck |