Walter Voss (politician, 1907)
Walter Voss (born July 31, 1907 in Berlin ; † March 21, 1983 in East Berlin ) was a German politician (KPD, SED).
Life
Walter Voss attended elementary school in Berlin. He then completed a four-year apprenticeship as a mechanical engineer. In the following years he worked as a locksmith in various Berlin metalworking companies. Since 1924 he was a member of the German Metal Workers' Association . In 1925 he moved to the KJBD. Voss married in the late 1920s.
In 1927 Voss joined the Communist Party of Germany (KPD). In July 1932 he was elected to the Reichstag as his party's candidate for constituency 3 (Potsdam II) , to which he was a member until November 1932.
After the " seizure of power " in 1933, Voss was persecuted as a well-known communist. After the Second World War he joined the Socialist Unity Party of Germany (SED) and was elected to the city council in the first Berlin election in 1946 .
literature
- Werner Breunig, Siegfried Heimann , Andreas Herbst : Biographical Handbook of Berlin City Councilors and Members of Parliament 1946–1963 (= series of publications by the Berlin State Archives . Volume 14 ). Landesarchiv Berlin , Berlin 2011, ISBN 978-3-9803303-4-3 , p. 269-270 (331 pages).
- Voss, Walter . In: Hermann Weber , Andreas Herbst: German Communists. Biographisches Handbuch 1918 to 1945. 2nd, revised and greatly expanded edition. Dietz, Berlin 2008, ISBN 978-3-320-02130-6 .
Web links
- Walter Voss in the database of members of the Reichstag
Individual evidence
- ↑ Hans-Joachim Fieber and Michele Barricelli: Resistance in Berlin against the Nazi regime 1933 to 1945 , 2002, p. 116. His wife is identified here as Anny Voss.
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Voss, Walter |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German politician (KPD, SED), MdR |
| DATE OF BIRTH | July 31, 1907 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Berlin |
| DATE OF DEATH | March 21, 1983 |
| Place of death | East Berlin |