Georg Fischer (politician)

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Georg Fischer was a German politician. As unionist and member of the Social Democratic Party he was oppressed by Nazi regime. He survived KZ Dachau and became member of the first Landtag of Baden-Württemberg.

Early life[]

Georg Fischer was born in 1888 to a maidservant in Eisenberg (Pfalz). He apprenticed as a locksmith at casting-company Gienanth in Eisenberg in 1901. 1904 he started his journeyman years. In 1906 he Fischer became member of a union and in 1908 of the Social Democrat Party (SPD).

Career[]

From 1909 he worked for Daimler AG in Mannheim. He became a member of the board of the steelwoorker association (Deutschen Metallarbeiter-Verbands (DMV)). In 1928 he was elected to the city council of Mannheim. In 1933 he became president of the workers of Daimler-Benz AG in Mannheim.

On March 13, 1933, Fischer was taken into "protective custody" (Schutzhaft) by six SA men. They first took him to the NSDAP headquarters in Mannheim, then to police headquarters. On March 14, 1933, Fischer was transferred to Mannheim prison. He was released on May 3. While in prison, he was fired on political grounds. Fischer remained unemployed until July 1935.

From 1935 he worked for the steel manufacturing firm of Brown, Boveri & Cie. in Mannheim.

Fischer was arrested and imprisoned again on August 23, 1944, as part of the "Gewitter" campaign. On August 26, 1944, he was transferred to Dachau concentration camp. He was released on September 11, 1944.^[1]

Fischer married Mina Dreyfuß in 1913. The couple had 2 children. Fischer was atheistic religious (Freireligiös).

Postwar[]

After World War II Fischer was member of the constituent assembly of the State of Württemberg-Baden. From 1946 to 1950 he was a member of Landtag Württemberg-Baden for SPD.^[1]

Sources[]

• Fritz Salm (1973): Im Schatten des Henkers. Vom Arbeiterwiderstand in Mannheim gegen faschistische Diktatur und Krieg, Frankfurt am Main 1973, S. 114.
• Wolfgang Brach (1984): Der Mannheimer Gemeinderat 1945–1984. Mannheim 1984, ISBN 3-87804-162-4

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