Wilhelm Hoffmann (politician, 1876)

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Wilhelm Hoffmann (born December 11, 1876 in Eichelsdorf , Schotten district in Hesse , † April 4, 1942 in Berlin ) was a German socialist politician.

Life

After successfully completing elementary school, Wilhelm Hoffmann attended the post office school where he took the post office assistant examination. In 1893 he was employed as a postal worker in Darmstadt. In 1897 he completed his military service. In 1909 he married the carer Anna Margarete Gwinner , the marriage was divorced in 1929. From 1919 he was employed by the Reichspost until 1933, first as postal secretary, and later as postal secretary in Berlin . Hoffmann continued his education through studies at the Humboldt Academy , the Administration Academy and at the University of Berlin.

Hoffmann was initially a member of the SPD and joined the USPD in 1917 . In 1922 he joined the SPD. Wilhelm Hoffmann was a co-founder of the General German Association of Officials and the Workers' Radio Association .

Hoffmann had run as a candidate for the Reichstag as early as 1920 . As a successor, he was a member of the Reichstag from February 1922 to May 1924 . He was elected in constituency 2 in Berlin. In December 1923 he resigned from the SPD parliamentary group as an opponent of the enabling laws.

After the beginning of the National Socialism , Hoffmann was dismissed from civil service for political reasons.

literature

  • Martin Schumacher (Hrsg.): MdR The Reichstag members of the Weimar Republic in the time of National Socialism. Political persecution, emigration and expatriation, 1933–1945. A biographical documentation . 3rd, considerably expanded and revised edition. Droste, Düsseldorf 1994, ISBN 3-7700-5183-1 .

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personal data
SURNAME Hoffmann, Wilhelm
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German politician (SPD, USPD), MdR
DATE OF BIRTH December 11, 1876
PLACE OF BIRTH Eichelsdorf , Schotten District, Hesse
DATE OF DEATH April 4, 1942
Place of death Berlin