Friedrich Westmeyer

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Friedrich Westmeyer
Friedrich Westmeyer, Stuttgart, 1914
Member of the Landtag of the Kingdom of Württemberg
In office
1912–1917
Personal details
Born(1873-01-14)January 14, 1873
Osnabrück, German Empire
DiedNovember 14, 1917(1917-11-14) (aged 44)
France
Political partySocial Democratic Party of Germany
Military service
AllegianceGerman Empire
Branch/serviceImperial German Army
Years of service1917
Battles/wars

Johann Friedrich "Fritz" Westmeyer (14 January 1873 – 14 November 1917) was a German

imperial Germany
.

Biography

The second youngest of five children, Westmeyer was born in

trade unionist and member of the Social Democratic Party of Germany
(SPD) in the 1890s.

Westmeyer began working for the SPD press in

First World War. He ran as a candidate for the Reichstag in 1907, was elected to lead the Social Democratic Association in Stuttgart in 1908-1914, and edited the Schwäbische Tagwacht. He was elected to serve as a member of the Württemberg Landtag
in 1912-1917.

Westmeyer joined Zetkin,

Kaiser's war. Westmeyer's radicalism during the war led to his expulsion from the Social Democratic faction of Württemberg's Landtag in 1915, and he joined Franz Engelhardt and Ferdinand Hoschka
in establishing the Sozialistische Vereinigung, a rival legislative faction.

Westmeyer participated on March 19, 1916 at the Reich Conference of the Gruppe Internationale, later named the Spartakusbund, which he participated in Berlin.

Arrested by the authorities along with other significant Württemberg SPD radicals, Westmeyer was forcibly mobilized into

imperial Germany's wartime army and sent to carry out his service on the Western Front despite his age and opposition to the war. He died at a military hospital near the front in Rethel, France, in 1917.[1]

References

  1. ISBN 978-90-04-13940-4
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