Walter Löhr

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Walter Löhr (born September 27, 1911 in Darmstadt ; † October 4, 1976 there ) was a German CDU politician .

Life and work

After graduating from high school in Darmstadt, Löhr studied economics from 1932 to 1937 at the Johann Wolfgang Goethe University in Frankfurt am Main . In 1938 he received his doctorate on the subject: “The performance principle in wage structuring”. After a brief activity at the regional statistical office in Darmstadt, he worked in the foreign exchange office from 1938 to 1940. From 1940 to 1945 he was in Berlin at the Reich Office for Economic Development and General Manager for special issues relating to chemical production. After the Second World War , in 1945/46 he was deputy head of the Agriculture Office of the Darmstadt District President . From 1946 he was managing director of the Association of the Chemical Industry, first in Frankfurt and later in Bonn . In 1954 he became a lecturer at the Johannes Gutenberg University in Mainz , and in 1960 a business consultant and industrial director ( Röchling Völklingen ). 1963 honorary professor at the University of Mainz. 1969 Honorary doctorate from the University of Cebu (Philippines). 1972 Director of the Academy of Nations and Cultures in St. Augustin near Bonn.

Political party

Before 1945 Walter Löhr was a member of the NSDAP . After the Second World War, Löhr was a member of the SPD , and then switched to the CDU in 1947. Since the 1960s he was treasurer of the Hessian regional association.

MP

Löhr was a member of the German Bundestag from 1953 to 1972. From November 5, 1959 to February 14, 1973 he was also a member of the European Parliament .

Flick scandal

On the occasion of a donation request from the Steyler Father Josef Schröder, at that time managing director of Soverdia , he proposed a system for tax evasion : Soverdia should issue tax-deductible receipts in five times the amount of the donation or transfer 80 percent of the donation amount back via foreign accounts. Löhr recruited additional donors and kept ten percent of the donation amount for himself. By discovering this system, the tax investigator Klaus Förster came across further donations from the Flick group , which ultimately triggered the Flick affair .

Quotes

In 1965 he said in a discussion with DGB members: “Dictatorship is not inherently a bad thing. It only depends on whether the dictator consumes himself in the interests of the common good. "

Honors

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 , pp. 510-511 (Who's Who Arani Verlags GmbH Berlin 1970).

Individual evidence

  1. ^ The performance principle in wage structuring at Google Books .
  2. ↑ Löhr, Walter, Dr. In: Martin Schumacher (Ed.): MdB - The People's Representation 1946–1972. - [Laade to Lux] (=  KGParl online publications ). Commission for the History of Parliamentarism and Political Parties e. V., Berlin 2006, ISBN 978-3-00-020703-7 , pp. 756 , urn : nbn: de: 101: 1-2014070812574 ( kgparl.de [PDF; 308 kB ; accessed on June 19, 2017]).
  3. ↑ German Peace Society in: Darmstädter Echo, Wednesday, August 16, 2017, p. 10
  4. ↑ a b Walter Löhr . In: Der Spiegel . No. 50 , 1965 ( online ).
  5. ↑ All richer . In: Der Spiegel . No. 2 , 1982 ( online ).
  6. ↑ That idiot made a confession . In: Der Spiegel . No. 4 , 1984 ( online ).
  7. ↑ Hubert Seipel: A man and power . In: Tagesspiegel . October 8, 2006.
  8. ↑ Announcement of awards of the Order of Merit of the Federal Republic of Germany. In: Federal Gazette . Vol. 25, No. 159, August 25, 1973.
personal data
SURNAME Löhr, Walter
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German politician (CDU), Member of the Bundestag, MEP
DATE OF BIRTH September 27, 1911
PLACE OF BIRTH Darmstadt
DATE OF DEATH 4th October 1976
Place of death Darmstadt