Wilhelm Sollmann

Friedrich Wilhelm target man, target man in exile, William ( born April 1, 1881 in Oberlind today Sonnenberg, † January 6, 1951 in Mount Carmel, Connecticut), was a German American journalist and politician.

Life

If man was the son of a brewer and farmer. He grew up in Coburg, where he attended the public school and the high school. Then he made in Cologne an apprenticeship as shop assistants and was until 1911 the learned profession operates. From April 1911 to 1933 he was editor and later editor of the Rheinische Zeitung in Cologne.

In 1902 became member of the SPD target man. In the years 1909-1913 he was with Walter Stoecker Chairman of the Social Democratic local and 1911-1913 of the Social Democratic District Youth Committee. In addition, he was from 1906 to 1910 Gauleiter of the Workers' abstainer Federal in Cologne. In the years 1914 to 1919, he was also a member of the Cologne party executive.

During the November Revolution target man was a member of the Action Committee of the Workers 'and Soldiers' Council in Cologne. In January 1919 he was elected to the Weimar National Assembly, from 1920 to 1933 he was a member of the Reichstag. In addition, target man was a city councilor from 1918 to 1924 in Cologne and in 1921 co-founder and co-partner of the Social Democratic parliamentary service ( from 1924 the Social Democratic press ). In the crisis year 1923, he served for four months as Minister of the Interior in the cabinets of Gustav Stresemann ( 1923-11 August 13th. November 1923 ).

After the seizure of power by the National Socialists target man was temporarily arrested and selected at this time in the absence of the party executive of the SPD. After his release he emigrated in 1933, first to Saarland, then to Luxembourg and finally to the United States. In exile target man belonged within the party leadership to a more right- flow, which called for a return to the "patriotic socialism of Lassalle " (target man). Therefore, he also participated in the German Labour delegation. In 1943 became an American citizen and target man changed his name to " William Frederick target man." He worked for several years as a lecturer at the Quaker college Pendle Hill in Media, Pennsylvania and was a guest lecturer at other universities. After Germany, he returned only temporarily. He was a visiting professor in 1949 at the University of Cologne and at times an advisor to the Office of Strategic Services and Lecturer in the Army Specialized Training Program and 1950, the U.S. High Commissioner in Germany. In 1950, he was also responsible for the American Civil Liberties Union in Germany go.