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|caption = Council of the People's Deputies: Otto Landsberg (left) with Philipp Scheidemann, Gustav Noske, Friedrich Ebert, Rudolf Wissell (December 1918) |
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|birth_place = [[Rybnik]], [[German Empire]] |
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'''Otto Landsberg''' ( |
'''Otto Landsberg''' (4 December 1869 – 9 December 1957) was a [[Germany|German]] jurist and politician. |
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==Life== |
==Life== |
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==Political career== |
==Political career== |
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Having joined the [[Social Democratic Party of Germany|SPD]] in 1890, Landsberg was elected to the [[Reichstag (German Empire)|Reichstag]] for [[Magdeburg]] in 1912. Since there were no elections during [[World War I]], he held the seat until 1918. From November |
Having joined the [[Social Democratic Party of Germany|SPD]] in 1890, Landsberg was elected to the [[Reichstag (German Empire)|Reichstag]] for [[Magdeburg]] in 1912. Since there were no elections during [[World War I]], he held the seat until 1918. From 10 November 1918 to 13 February 1919, he was a member of the [[Council of the People's Deputies]], being responsible for the press, arts and literature. On 19 January 1919 he was elected to the [[Weimar National Assembly]]. From 13 February to 20 June 1919, he was a member of the [[Cabinet Scheidemann|government of Philipp Scheidemann]] as Minister of Justice. After the resignation of the Cabinet Scheidemann, Landsberg was ambassador of Germany to Belgium from 1920 to 1923. He was again a member of the [[Reichstag (Weimar Republic)|Reichstag]] from 1924 to 1933. |
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==References== |
==References== |
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Revision as of 15:35, 28 March 2014
Otto Landsberg | |
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 Council of the People's Deputies: Otto Landsberg (left) with Philipp Scheidemann, Gustav Noske, Friedrich Ebert, Rudolf Wissell (December 1918) | |
| Born | 4 December 1869 |
| Died | 9 December 1957 (aged 88) |
Otto Landsberg (4 December 1869 – 9 December 1957) was a German jurist and politician.
Life
Landsberg was born in 1869 in Rybnik in the Province of Silesia to a jewish family. After passing the Abitur in 1887 in Ostrowo, he moved to Berlin to study law. In 1895, having passed the First (1890) and Second State Examination (1895), he opened a lawyer's office in Magdeburg. In the beginning of 1924, he moved it to Berlin, pleading the case for Friedrich Ebert in one of his defamation suits surrounding the Dolchstosslegende in 1925.
After 1933, Landsberg emigrated first to Czechoslovakia and Belgium, later to the Netherlands. He died in 1957 in Baarn.
Political career
Having joined the SPD in 1890, Landsberg was elected to the Reichstag for Magdeburg in 1912. Since there were no elections during World War I, he held the seat until 1918. From 10 November 1918 to 13 February 1919, he was a member of the Council of the People's Deputies, being responsible for the press, arts and literature. On 19 January 1919 he was elected to the Weimar National Assembly. From 13 February to 20 June 1919, he was a member of the government of Philipp Scheidemann as Minister of Justice. After the resignation of the Cabinet Scheidemann, Landsberg was ambassador of Germany to Belgium from 1920 to 1923. He was again a member of the Reichstag from 1924 to 1933.
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- 1869 births
- 1957 deaths
- People from Rybnik
- People from the Province of Silesia
- German Jews
- Social Democratic Party of Germany politicians
- Justice ministers of Germany
- Members of the Reichstag of the German Empire
- Members of the Weimar National Assembly
- Members of the Reichstag of the Weimar Republic
- People of the German Revolution of 1918–19
- People who emigrated to escape Nazism
- Ambassadors of Germany to Belgium