Julius Gehl

Julius Gehl ( born July 4, 1869 in Bydgoszcz, † December 13, 1939 in Gdansk - Sopot ) was a German trade unionist and politician ( SPD) in Gdansk.

Life

Julius Gehl was the son of a mason and attended the seminar of 1875-1883 school in Bydgoszcz; 1884-1887 bricklayer in Bydgoszcz, then Wanderlust and military service.

1890-1908 Worker and a member of the Main Board of the Free Association of German masons based in Berlin. From 1908 to June 1912 Staff Gauleiter of masons ' association based in Bydgoszcz, Gdansk later. Since 1911 Chairman of the union cartel in Bydgoszcz. From July 1912 to April 1919 District Party Secretary of West Prussia, based in Gdansk, also Chairman of the SPD district organization and 1917-1918 part-time editor of Danziger Volkswacht. 1921 took over Arthur Brill chaired the Social Democratic Party of the Free City of Danzig.

From 1914 he was the carrier company Volkswacht and Chairman of the SPD Education Committee in Gdansk. From 1915 to 1918 member of the Price inspection of the district of Gdansk. From May 1919 to January 1920 Reich Commissioner for West Prussia and the networks District. In 1919 he was also elected for the constituency 2 ( Province of Posen - West Prussia ) in the Weimar National Assembly.

From 1924 to 1936 Gehl was Managing Director of the publishing house of the People's voice in Gdansk. From 1920 he was a member of the State Council of Gdansk. From June 1923 to January 1924 and December 1930 to March 1931 Gehl was president of the National Day of the Free City of Danzig; in other periods (1923, 1924-1930 and 1933 ) and Vice President of the Parliament. In the years 1925-1926, 1928-1930 and 1933 Gehl was a member as Vice-President of the Senate of the Free City of Danzig. Between 1920 and 1933, he was - with interruptions - Chairman of the SPD Volkstag fraction.

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