Oskar Hoffmann (politician)
Oskar Hoffmann (July 4, 1877 – February 3, 1953) was a German editor and politician. He served in the Landtag in North Rhine-Westphalia and was a member of the Social Democratic Party of Germany.[1] After the war, he became a member of the Communist Party. He was arrested in 1933 and for one month, was held at Kemna concentration camp,[2] where he was tortured physically and psychologically.
Sources
- Kurt Schnöring, "Oskar Hoffmann" in: Wuppertaler Biographien. 14. Folge, Wuppertal (Born) 1984, ISBN 3-87093-035-7 (German)
References
- ↑ "Detailansicht des Abgeordneten Oskar Hoffmann" Landtag North Rhine-Westphalia. Retrieved January 9, 2012 (German)
- ↑ David Magnus Mintert, Das frühe Konzentrationslager Kemna und das sozialistische Milieu im Bergischen Land (PDF) Ruhr University Bochum, doctoral dissertation (2007), p. 275. Retrieved January 14, 2012 (German)