Jakob Altmaier
Jakob Altmaier (23 November 1889 in Flörsheim, Germany – 8 February 1963 in Bonn, West Germany) was a German journalist and a politician in the Social Democratic Party of Germany. He was one of few German Jews who returned to Germany after World War II and became active in politics.
Jakob Altmaier
- Name
- Jakob Altmaier
- Born
- 23 November 1889
- Birthplace
- Flörsheim, German Empire
- Died
- 8 February 1963
- Place of death
- Bonn, North Rhine-Westphalia, West Germany
- Nationality
- Germany
- Occupation
- journalist · politician · poet · writer
- Honours
- honorary citizen of the Main-Taunus-Kreis
- Languages
- German · Hessian
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Jakob Altmaier (23 November 1889 in Flörsheim, Germany – 8 February 1963 in Bonn, West Germany) was a German journalist and a politician in the Social Democratic Party of Germany. He was one of few German Jews who returned to Germany after World War II and became active in politics.
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Jakob Altmaier (1889–1963) was a journalist, poet and politician, among other activities, of German nationality. The journalist was born in Flörsheim am Main and died in Bonn.
Jakob Altmaier was a member of Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe and held the position of member of the German Bundestag. The journalist worked in Bonn.
Languages used include German and Hessian. Honours include honorary citizen of the Main-Taunus-Kreis.
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Biography
Biography
The recorded working language is German and Hessian. Places of work recorded in the authority are Bonn. Positions recorded include member of the German Bundestag and substitute member of the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe. Distinctions recorded are honorary citizen of the Main-Taunus-Kreis.
Key facts
Key facts
• Name — Jakob Altmaier • Office — Member of the Bundestag • Term Start — 7 September 1949 • Term End — 8 February 1963 • Born — 23 November 1889 • Birthplace — Flörsheim, German Empire • Died — 8 February 1963 • Place of death — Bonn, North Rhine-Westphalia, West Germany • Party — SPD
Early life
Early life
During World War I, Altmaier volunteered for the Germany army and was severely wounded. In 1918, he participated in the German revolution that resulted in the establishment of the Weimar Republic. From 1917 to 1919, he was the editor of the Frankfurt paper the Volksstimme, and throughout the 1920s he continued to work as a journalist for various papers, including the Manchester Guardian, and for the Social Democratic Press Agency. As a foreign correspondent, he reported from Belgrade, Paris, and London. With the rise of the Nazi party in 1933, he fled to Paris. After the outbreak of war, he went to the Balkans, Spain, and finally to northern Africa, where was associated with British forces. Until 1948, he was a correspondent for two social-democratic newspapers. Altmaier lost over 20 relatives during the Holocaust.
Political life
Political life
In 1949, Altmaier returned to Germany. He was a member of the post-World War II Bundestag from its inception in 1949 until his death, as the Hanau representative. He was intimately involved with the 1952 reparation treaty between West Germany and Israel. Altmaier was also a member of the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe from 1950 until his death.
Career and activity
Career and activity
Recorded positions include member of the German Bundestag, substitute member of the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe and Representative of the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe. He belonged to Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe and SPD Bundestag fraction. He worked at Bonn.
Identity
Identity
Jakob Altmaier is recorded with the occupation journalist. Recorded as journalist, politician, poet and writer.
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Life and career
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1889
Jakob Altmaier was born on 23 November 1889.
1963
Jakob Altmaier died on 8 February 1963.
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Flörsheim am Main.
Birth place
Bonn.
Death place
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- “Jakob Altmaier”, English Wikipedia, consulted as further reading
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Honors
The Jakob-Altmaier street in Hanau as well as Altmaier street in Flörsheim am Main are named after Altmaier. The city of Flörsheim made him an honored citizen.
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- 1.Friauf, Annette. Als jüdischer Abgeordneter im ersten Bundestag.
- 2.Jakob Altmaier. Die Zeit. 1963.
- 3.Jacob Altmaier, Jewish Member of West German Parliament, Dead; Was 73. JTA. 1963.
- 4.Christoph Moss. Jakob Altmaier: ein jüdischer Sozialdemokrat in Deutschland (1889-1963). Böhlau. 1 January 2003. 978-3-412-02103-0.
- 5.JAKOB ALTMAIER. Der Spiegel. 7. 1963.
- 6.Mr Jakob ALTMAIER.
Bibliography printed in the source article · 6
- Willy Albrecht: "Ein Wegbereiter: Jakob Altmaier und das Luxemburger Abkommen", in: Ludolf Herbst, Wiedergutmachung in der Bundesrepublik Deutschland, München 1989, , pages 205–213.
- Willy Albrecht: "Jeanette Wolff, Jakob Altmaier, Peter Blachstein. Die drei jüdischen Abgeordneten des Bundestags bis zum Beginn der sechziger Jahre", in: Julius H. Schoeps, Leben im Land der Täter, Berlin 2001, , pages 236–253.
- Werner Schiele: An der Front der Freiheit. Jakob Altmaiers Leben für die Demokratie, Magistrat der Stadt Flörsheim, 1991
- Peter Pirker: "Militantes Exil. Antideutscher Widerstand in Jugoslawien 1939–1940". In Zwischenwelt. Periodical of the Theodor Kramer Gesellschaft, Vol 27, No 4, February 2011 , pages 41–44.
- Peter Pirker: Gegen das Dritte Reich! Sabotage und transnationaler Widerstand in Slowenien und Österreich 1938–1940. Kitab, Klagenfurt 2010
- Jay Howard Geller: Jews in Post-Holocaust Germany 1945–1953. Cambridge UP 2004
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