Siegmund Glücksmann

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Siegmund Glücksmann
Born(1884-05-30)30 May 1884
Jewish Social Democratic Party

Siegmund Glücksmann (30 May 1884 – 6 October 1942) was a

Marxist oriented wing of the movement.[1]

Biography

Student life and entry into political activism

Glücksmann studied secondary school in

Jewish Social Democratic Party (ŻPSD).[1]

In 1911 the Jewish Social Democracy in Galicia, the Jewish affiliate section of the Polish Social Democratic Party of Galicia, merged into the ŻPSD.[2] Glücksmann became a member of the Executive of the unified ŻPSD.[3]

War and Post-war

In 1913 Glücksmann began post-graduate studies in Law. Glücksmann's university studies were however interrupted by the outbreak of the

First World War. Glücksmann became an officer, commanding over a company of carabiners. Glücksmann was wounded in the war, and settled down in Bielsko (Bielitz). In Bielsko, he opened an attorney's office of his own.[3]

In Bielsko he became associated with the German intellectuals of the town. He was elected to the town council. In 1920 he was active in the Social Democratic electoral bloc 'Forward'. He was a leading figure of the Austrian

German Socialist Labour Party in Poland
(DSAP).

Role as party ideologue

After Józef Piłsudski's (a former socialist who would become a Marshal of Poland) coming to power (during the May Coup in 1926), Glücksmann argued for opposition against the new regime and claimed that Piłsudski had abandoned socialism. The first joint protests by DSAP and the Polish Socialist Party (PPS) were organized on Glücksmann's initiative.[4] In the 1930s he argued in favour of cooperation with the Communist Party of Poland and in 1934 he urged the DSAP to struggle jointly with the communists against fascism.[4]

Rise of fascism

Glücksmann welcomed the

National Socialists began a campaign of harassment against Glücksmann. As a result, Glücksmann resigned from his position as the chairman of the DSAP organization in the Bielsko subdistrict. The attacks against the party did however not decline.[5]

Exile and death

In September 1939, Glücksmann and his family fled to

typhoid at a Bukhara hospital on 6 October 1942. His wife and children later returned to Poland, and would eventually migrate to Sweden.[5]

References

  1. ^ a b Blachetta-Madajczyk, Petra. Klassenkampf oder Nation?: deutsche Sozialdemokratie in Polen 1918–1939. Schriften des Bundesarchivs, 49. Düsseldorf: Droste, 1997. p. 273
  2. ^ Brenner, Michael/Penslar, Derek Jonathan. In search of Jewish community : Jewish identities in Germany and Austria, 1918-1933. Bloomington: Indiana University press, c1998. p. 118
  3. ^ a b c Blachetta-Madajczyk, Petra. Klassenkampf oder Nation?: deutsche Sozialdemokratie in Polen 1918–1939. Schriften des Bundesarchivs, 49. Düsseldorf: Droste, 1997. p. 274
  4. ^ a b Blachetta-Madajczyk, Petra. Klassenkampf oder Nation?: deutsche Sozialdemokratie in Polen 1918–1939. Schriften des Bundesarchivs, 49. Düsseldorf: Droste, 1997. p. 277
  5. ^ a b Blachetta-Madajczyk, Petra. Klassenkampf oder Nation?: deutsche Sozialdemokratie in Polen 1918–1939. Schriften des Bundesarchivs, 49. Düsseldorf: Droste, 1997. p. 278
See also: Glücksmann
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