Hermann Liebmann

Hermann Liebmann
Interior Minister of Saxony
In office 1923–1925
Prime Minister	Erich Zeigner
City Council Member of Leipzig
Personal details
Born	(1882-08-18)August 18, 1882 Paunsdorf, Saxony, Germany
Died	(1935-09-06)September 6, 1935 Leipzig, Saxony, Germany
Political party	SPD (xxx-xxx) (xxx-xxx)
Other political affiliations	USPD (xxx-xxx)

Hermann Liebmann (August 18, 1882 - September 6, 1935) was a German politician from the SPD. He died shortly after his release from a Nazi concentration camp as a result of abuse received while imprisoned.

Early Life (1882 – 1935)

Hermann Liebmann was born on August 18, 1882 in Paunsdorf (now part of Leipzig), Saxony, Germany. [BIOSOP][LESE] Liebmann learned the trade of mold maker (German - former) and worked as a metalworker. [BIOSOP] He had studied mold maker as an apprentice. [LIZ] He served in the military from 1903 to 1905. [BIOSOP] He worked as a metal worker. [LIZ]

Leipzig Politics (1905 – 1919)

After his two years of military service, Hermann joined the SPD in 1905. [LESE] [LIZ] Liebmann was always at the focal point of developments within the SPD in Leipzig. [LIZ] From 1909 to 1912, Liebmann was a reporter for the Leipziger Volkszeitung, a workers newspaper in Leipzig. [BIOSOP] Starting in 1913 Liebmann served as editor of the Leipziger Volkszeitung, a post which he had until 1933. The post had been previously held by Franz Mehring who followed the revolutionary teaching of Marx and Engels. Liebmann advocated a peaceful civil approach. [LESE] [BIOSOP]

From 1914-1916 Liebmann served as a soldier during World War I. He resigned in 1917 to protest the pro-war policies of the SPD. [BIOSOP] [LIZ] In 1917, along with a greater part of the Social Democratic Party, he joined in protest against the civil peace policy of the Berlin party executive of the SPD, the USPD. On November 8, 1918, Liebmann became a member of the select committee of the Leipzig workers’ and soldiers’ Council (Leipziger Arbeiter- und Soldatenrats). [LESE]

In 1918, Liebmann became a city councilor (Stadtverordneter) in Leipzig. He served in this capacity until 1923. [LESE] [BIOSOP][LIZ] In 1919, as part of the city council, the street-cars, gas, water, electricity, the zoo, nusuries, and swimming pools came under the direction of the city. The housing authority also came under closer control of the city government. [LIZ] One of the projects Liebmann worked on was getting streetcar week passes for workers. [LIZ]

Tributes

• Liebmann Hermann High School in Leipzig (closed in 1992)
• Hermann Liebmann Bridge in Leipzig. Dedicated on 29 June 2004 by Leipzig mayor Wolfgang Tiefensee. [2][LESE] The old bridge had to be demolished it in 2002.
• Hermann Liebmann Strasse: a 1,283 meter long street Leipzig, running through the city districts of Neustadt-Neuschönefeld, Volkmarsdorf, and Schönefeld-Abtnaundorf. The street was formally known as Hauptstraße (Neuschönefeld) and Kirchweg (Neustadt) to 1888, Kirchstraße from 1888 to 1933, Alfred-Kindler-Straße from 1933 to 1945. [Y][LESE]
• 20 January 2009: Hermann Liebmann and five other SPD deputies honered in a picture Gallary. [LESE]

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