Wolfgang Struck ( . Wolfgang Heine ; May 3, 1861 , Posen, Posen Province , Prussia (now Poznan , Poland ) - May 9, 1944 , Ascona , Switzerland ) - German politician and statesman, Social Democrat , Prime Minister of the Free State of Anhalt (1918-1919), Minister of Justice of Prussia (1918-1919) and Minister of the Interior of the Weimar Republic (1919-1920). One of the most famous lawyers in Germany; It has a great legal erudition and a wonderful gift of speech.
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Biography
The son of the principal. In 1879-1884 he studied natural sciences at the universities of Breslau , Tübingen and Berlin , then - right. In 1882-1883 years - in military service. From 1881 to 1897 he was a member and chairman of the anti-Semitic student union. Listened to lectures by Adolf Wagner .
After graduating from law school from 1884 to 1889, he served as a lawyer for the Prussian State Administration, and from 1889 - as an appraiser .
Being engaged in legal practice in Berlin, he became close to the Social Democrats thanks to his participation in political processes. In 1884 he became a member of the Social Democratic Labor Party . The party takes place on the right flank in the ranks of the Bernsteinians and was a constant target for extremely sharp attacks from the left wing of the party.
Even among ideologically close revisionists, Heine stood out for his resistance to organizing street socialist demonstrations, and only the popularity gained during the struggle in the Reichstag against the notorious Lex Heinze ”(the law on censorship) saved him from exclusion from the ranks of the SPD.
Since 1887, he had a law firm in Berlin . He defended the Social Democrats in judicial political processes.
From 1898 to 1920 - deputy of the Reichstag from the SPD. In 1919 - a member of the Weimar National Assembly .
As an employee of Sozialistische Monatshefte, long before the First World War, despite the anti-militarist attitudes of the party, he called for an increase in the German military budget. During the war itself, Heine was known as one of the most ardent social-chauvinists.
After the November Revolution in 1918, he was appointed Chairman of the State Council (Prime Minister) of the Free State of Anhalt (November 1918 - June 1919).
From November 27, 1918, he also served as the Minister of Justice of Prussia. From March 1919 to March 1920 - Minister of the Interior of the first coalition government of Prussia. After the Kapp putsch, he was replaced as minister by Karl Severing . The putschists offered him and a number of other leaders of the right wing of the SPD (including Gustav Noske ) posts in the future "national" government.
In 1920, V. Heine returned to the legal profession, representing, among others, the first president of Germany, Friedrich Ebert .
In the years 1923-1925. was a member of the commission to develop the "Law on the Protection of the Republic
After the National Socialists came to power in Germany in 1933, V. Heine emigrated to Switzerland.
In addition to his political and legal activities, Heine was the author of numerous legal and political articles.
Notes
- ↑ 1 2 3 4 German National Library , Berlin State Library , Bavarian State Library , etc. Record # 116659491 // Common Regulatory Control (GND) - 2012—2016.
- ↑ 1 2 Swartz A. Open Library - 2005.
- ↑ 1 2 SNAC - 2010.
Literature
- Lenin V.I. Step forward, two steps back. Full composition of writings. Volume 8.
Links
- Heine, Wolfgang // Encyclopedic Dictionary of Brockhaus and Efron : 86 t. (82 t. And 4 extra.). - SPb. , 1890-1907.
- The works of Wolfgang Heine and about him in the catalog of the German National Library (him.)