Oskar Müller

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Oskar Mueller (25 June 1896 - 14 January 1970) was the first employment minister in Hessen after World War II.

1 Early career
2 World War II
3 Post-war years
4 See also

[edit] Early career

Mueller was born in Wohlau/Schlesien. His father was a farmer. He fought in World War I and became an officer. After the war, he joined the KPD. Later, he was selected into the Prussian federal state parliament, to which he belonged until 1933.Beginning in 1928 Mueller worked several years as an organization leader of the KPD in Hessen.

[edit] World War II

When the Nazis came to power, Müller was declared one of their enemies. On 22 November 1933 the Gestapo arrested him. He spent three years in the penitentiary and held until 1939 in a concentration camp. From June 1939 by August 1944 he found accommodation in the Offenbacher leather industry as an employee. In August 1944, he was again arrested for resisting the Nazis and imprisoned in Dachau.

[edit] Post-war years

Although detention in the concentration camps had deteriorated Müller's health, he eagerly assisted in the reconstruction of Germany. In October 1945 the Americans he became a ministers for work and welfare under Prime Minister Geiler. He was replaced in 1947.

Mueller concentrated on party work. In 1948, he again became regional chairmen of the KPD. In 1949 he was laid off, but remained part of the party executive committee of the KPD.

From 1949-1953 Mueller belonged to the German Bundestag. He was arrested 1953 for short time. Since that time he worked as one of the presidents and as a Secretary-General of the combination of the pursued ones of the Nazi regime (VVN) in Frankfurt A.M.

Oskar Mueller belonged to the creators of the Hessian Condition, which carries his signature. Articles 41 and 42 plan the transfer of the large-scale industry in common property. Lockout is forbidden after the hessian condition.

In agreement and in constant consultation with the trade unions by the Ministry of Labour an exemplary works council law was created, in which participation in equal numbers is fully embodied. Much that was developed in these first postwar years in Hessen, was exemplary and had a model character also for other countries.