Hermann Schulz (24 August 1872 – 20 August 1929) was a German

social democratic Social democracy is a political, social, and economic philosophy within socialism that supports political and economic democracy. As a policy regime, it is described by academics as advocating economic and social interventions to promote soci ...

politician, a member of the

Weimar National Assembly The Weimar National Assembly (German: ), officially the German National Constitutional Assembly (), was the popularly elected constitutional convention and de facto parliament of Germany from 6 February 1919 to 21 May 1920. As part of its ...

and the Weimar German parliament. Schulz was born in Elbing,

West Prussia The Province of West Prussia (german: Provinz Westpreußen; csb, Zôpadné Prësë; pl, Prusy Zachodnie) was a province of Prussia from 1773 to 1829 and 1878 to 1920. West Prussia was established as a province of the Kingdom of Prussia in 177 ...

(Elbląg, Poland). He was trained as a metal worker and worked as a

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operator in

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from 1900 to 1911. He moved back to Elbing in 1911 where he worked for the

German Metal Workers' Union The German Metal Workers' Union (german: Deutscher Metallarbeiter-Verband, abbreviated DMV) was a German industrial union for metalworkers formed in 1891 and dissolved after the Nazis' accession to power in 1933. History German metalworkers st ...

. During

World War I World War I (28 July 1914 11 November 1918), often abbreviated as WWI, was one of the deadliest global conflicts in history. Belligerents included much of Europe, the Russian Empire, the United States, and the Ottoman Empire, with fightin ...

Schulz served in the

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from 2 August 1914 to 2 December 1918. On 1 December 1919 he became secretary of the Social Democratic Party in Elbing and from 1 July 1921 on he held the same position in

Königsberg Königsberg (, ) was the historic Prussian city that is now Kaliningrad, Russia. Königsberg was founded in 1255 on the site of the ancient Old Prussian settlement ''Twangste'' by the Teutonic Knights during the Northern Crusades, and was named ...

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 ...

. He served as a member of the town council of Elbing from 1913 to 1919 and was elected a member of the Weimar National Assembly on 19 January 1919 representing East Prussia. From December 1923 until his death in 1929 he was a member of the Weimar German parliament.

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Schulz, Hermann 1872 births 1929 deaths People from Elbląg People from West Prussia Social Democratic Party of Germany politicians Members of the Reichstag of the Weimar Republic Members of the Weimar National Assembly