Rudolf Breitscheid | |
|---|---|
 Breitscheid (right) with Otto Braun (left) in April 1932. | |
| Interior Minister of the Free State of Prussia | |
| In office 16 November 1918 – 4 January 1919 | |
| Member of the Reichstag | |
| In office 24 June 1920 – 1933 | |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 2 November 1874 Cologne, Kingdom of Prussia, German Empire |
| Died | 28 August 1944 (aged 69) Buchenwald concentration camp, Nazi Germany |
| Political party | SPD (1912–1917, 1922–1933) USPD (1917–1922) DV (1908–1912) FVP (1903–1908) NSV (till 1903) |
| Spouse |
Tony Breitscheid (m. 1908) |
| Alma mater | University of Marburg |
| Occupation | Economist, journalist |
Rudolf Breitscheid (2 November 1874 – 28 August 1944) was a German politician and leading member of the Social Democratic Party of Germany (SPD) during the Weimar Republic. Once leader of the liberal Democratic Union, he joined the SPD in 1912. He defected to the Independent Social Democratic Party of Germany (USPD) in 1917 due to his opposition to the First World War, and rejoined the SPD in 1922. He served as a senior member of and foreign policy spokesman for the SPD Reichstag group during the Weimar Republic, and was a member of the German delegation to the League of Nations. After the Nazi rise to power, he was among the members of the Reichstag who voted against the Enabling Act of 1933, and soon after fled to France to avoid persecution. He was arrested and handed to the Gestapo in 1941, and died in Buchenwald concentration camp in 1944.[1][2]
- ^ Cite error: The named reference
SDDRwas invoked but never defined (see the help page). - ^ Sees Rebirth of War Time Propaganda, Berlin 1933-03-26. St. Joseph Gazette, St. Joseph, Missouri, 1933-03-27.