Walter Sassnick

Walter Sassnick (born March 10, 1895 in Bonn , † November 6, 1955 in Nuremberg ) was a German journalist and politician ( SPD ).

Life and work

After attending grammar school, Sassnick became a journalist in 1912 and worked as a local editor for the Rheinische Zeitung in Cologne . In addition, he was involved in trade unions and cultural policy. He took part in the First World War as a soldier from 1914 to 1918 and was a member of the Central Soldiers Council on the Eastern Front at the end of the war. He then worked as editor-in-chief at social democratic newspapers in Minden ( Weser-Warte ) and Regensburg ( Volkswacht ).

After the National Socialists came to power, Sassnick was persecuted for alleged treason and treason from March 1933. He fled in May 1933 in the Saar , was expatriated and emigrated in 1935 over France in Switzerland . In 1938 he went into exile in Sweden and published the émigré magazine Das Wort there .

Sassnick returned to Germany in August 1946 and worked again for various newspapers in Bavaria . He was initially the license holder and editor-in-chief of the Mittelbayerische Zeitung in Regensburg and later worked as editor-in-chief at the Südpost in Munich and at the Nürnberger Nachrichten and the Fränkische Tagespost in Nuremberg.

Political party

Sassnick joined the SPD in 1912 and was a party speaker during the Weimar Republic . He was also a member of the Reich Banner Black-Red-Gold . During his time in exile in France, he joined the SoPaDe . After 1946 he was again a member of the Social Democrats.

MP

After 1918 Sassnick was a member of the Provincial Council in East Prussia and a member of the city council of Memel . He was a member of the German Bundestag from the first federal election in 1949 until his death. As a member of parliament that was directly elected in 1949 and 1953 , he represented the constituency of Nuremberg .

Honors

• 1955: Cross of Merit (Steckkreuz) of the Federal Republic of Germany

literature

• Walter Sassnick . In: Franz Osterroth : Biographical Lexicon of Socialism . Deceased personalities . Vol. 1. JHW Dietz Nachf., Hannover 1960, pp. 261–262.
• Rudolf Vierhaus , Ludolf Herbst (eds.), Bruno Jahn (collaborators): Biographical manual of the members of the German Bundestag. 1949-2002. Vol. 2: N-Z. Attachment. KG Saur, Munich 2002, ISBN 3-598-23782-0 , pp. 717-718.