Robert Fischer (unionist)

Robert Fischer (* 22 August 1883 in Lüdenscheid; missing in 1945 in Koenigsberg was a notable German unionist and social democratic politician (Social Democratic Party of Germany)[1][2][3][4][5]

After an elementary education he completed an apprenticeship as metal processor and pursued this trade until 1906.

From 1906 to 1911 he was the chief executive officer of the regional branch of the German Metalworkers' Union (Deutscher Metallarbeiterverband) in Lüdenscheid. In this time he was also a worker's secretary and agitation leader of the Social Democratic Party of Germany (SPD) in Lüdenscheid. From 1911 to 1919 he was chief executive officer of the Metalworkers Union in Bremerhaven and on the board of directors of the local Consumers' Co-operative from 1914 onwards. In 1919 he was again chief executive officer of the regional branch of the Metalworkers Union in Lüdenscheid and officially to 20 July 1925 member of the City Council Lüdenscheid. An uncompleted strike in November 1923 was regarded as a failure by Robert Fischer and as an internal union consequence he gave up his post in Lüdenscheid. Then Robert Fischer became a managing director of the Metalworkers Union in Elbing at the Baltic Sea. He was later director of the State Employment Agency (Arbeitsamt) in Königsberg, until he was relieved of his office in 1933 by the National Socialist German Workers Party (NSDAP).

Robert Fischer represented the social democratic politicians and activists of the trade-unionism, who abolished the German Imperial Monarchy (Deutsches Kaiserreich) and established the first parliamentarian German Republic, known as the Weimar Republic or officially as Deutsches Reich. Robert Fischer was a victim of the Nazi's terrorism in his professional life and most likely the Nazi Regime was responsible for his death in 1945.

Also he was a journalist for the party and union press[6][7]

References

  1. ↑ List of Social Democratic Party of Germany members A list of politicians and notable members of the Social Democratic Party of Germany
  2. ↑ Handbuch des Vereins Arbeiterpresse 1914 und 1927
  3. ↑ 40 Jahre IG Metall Lüdenscheid. Die lüdenscheider Metallarbeiter und ihre Organisation vom DMV und CMV zur IG Metall, editor IG Metall Lüdenscheid
  4. ↑ Fabrik, Verein und Klassenkampf. Arbeiterleben und Arbeiterorganisation in Lüdenscheid von 1820 bis 1950, editor Museum der Stadt Lüdenscheid
  5. ↑ Simon, Dietmar, Arbeiterbewegung in der Provinz: soziale Konflikte und sozialistische Politik in Lüdenscheid im 19. und 20. Jahrhundert, 1st edition, Klartext-Verlag Essen 1995
  6. ↑ Die Organisation der Metallarbeiter in Luedenscheid, in: Fest- und Jubilaeums-Nummer der Volksstimme, 1 May 1931, pp. 1–3
  7. ↑ 40 Jahre Deutscher Metallarbeiter Verband, Verwaltungsstelle Bremerhaven, September 1891/1931
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