George Waschkies ( lt, Jurgis Vaškys, August 22, 1875 – April 26, 1954) was an ethnic German politician in

Lithuania Lithuania (; lt, Lietuva ), officially the Republic of Lithuania ( lt, Lietuvos Respublika, links=no ), is a country in the Baltic region of Europe. It is one of three Baltic states and lies on the eastern shore of the Baltic Sea. Lithuania ...

. Waschkies was a farmer from Ußlöknen,

East Prussia East Prussia ; german: Ostpreißen, label=Low Prussian; pl, Prusy Wschodnie; lt, Rytų Prūsija was a province of the Kingdom of Prussia from 1773 to 1829 and again from 1878 (with the Kingdom itself being part of the German Empire from 187 ...

, who represented the

Memel Agricultural Party Memel Agricultural Party or MLP (german: Memelländische Landwirtschaftspartei) was the largest and most influential pro-German political party in the Klaipėda Region (Memel Territory) from 1925 to 1934. Leaders of the party were Heinrich Conrad, ...

in the Lithuanian parliament for a short stint in 1926–27.

Youth

Waschkies was born on August 22, 1875, in Ußlöknen (). He attended school in his home village and worked at his father's farm following his confirmation. Waschkies did military service 1897–1900 in the . Waschkies took over the family farm after his father's death in 1903, but had to sell the property soon thereafter. He married in 1904 and moved to his wife's town of Blausden (Blauzdžiai). The couple had 14 children; as of 1927 eleven were alive.

Career

Waschkies was one of the founders of the Wießen () Credit Association in 1907. In 1912 he was named director of the association. In January 1916 he was named juror, and in 1917 he was named church warden. In 1919 he became a member of the Heydekrug town council and in 1924 a member of the town board. In 1919 he took charge as parish superintendent in Wießen and in July 1925 he became a parish council member. Waschkies was elected to the

Third Seimas of Lithuania The Third Seimas of Lithuania was the third parliament (Seimas) democratically elected in Lithuania after it declared independence on February 16, 1918. The elections took place on May 8–10, 1926. For the first time the Lithuanian Christian ...

in the June 1926 parliamentary election as a

candidate in the Klaipėda Region constituency. The Seimas was dismissed in April 1927. He was a member of the Parliament of the Klaipėda Region 1932–1934. On July 26, 1934 he took charge as acting vice speaker of the assembly. He was removed from the assembly in August 1934. His seat was left vacant. In September 1935, during the local elections, 14 men, including Waschkies, attacked the election officials and smashed the ballot box in . On October 13, 1936, the appeal court found the men guilty and sentenced Waschkies to 11 months imprisonment.

World War II and later period

Waschkies became a member of the NSDAP or Nazi Party on April 1, 1939. He was a member of the Wiesenheide local unit of the party. After the war he moved to

Bremen Bremen (Low German also: ''Breem'' or ''Bräm''), officially the City Municipality of Bremen (german: Stadtgemeinde Bremen, ), is the capital of the German state Free Hanseatic City of Bremen (''Freie Hansestadt Bremen''), a two-city-state consis ...

, where he died on April 26, 1954. He was buried at Bremen-Lesum chapel on April 30, 1954.''Das Ostpreussenblatt''
May 8, 1954
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References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Waschkies, Georg Members of the Seimas Memel Agricultural Party politicians 1875 births 1954 deaths