Oskar Hoffmann (4 July 1877 – 3 February 1953) was a German editor and politician. He served in the

Landtag A Landtag (State Diet) is generally the legislative assembly or parliament of a federated state or other subnational self-governing entity in German-speaking nations. It is usually a unicameral assembly exercising legislative competence in non- ...

North Rhine-Westphalia North Rhine-Westphalia (german: Nordrhein-Westfalen, ; li, Noordrien-Wesfale ; nds, Noordrhien-Westfalen; ksh, Noodrhing-Wäßßfaale), commonly shortened to NRW (), is a States of Germany, state (''Land'') in Western Germany. With more tha ...

and was a member of the

Social Democratic Party of Germany The Social Democratic Party of Germany (german: Sozialdemokratische Partei Deutschlands, ; SPD, ) is a centre-left social democratic political party in Germany. It is one of the major parties of contemporary Germany. Saskia Esken has been the ...

. After the war, he became a member of the

Communist Party A communist party is a political party that seeks to realize the socio-economic goals of communism. The term ''communist party'' was popularized by the title of ''The Manifesto of the Communist Party'' (1848) by Karl Marx and Friedrich Engels. A ...

. He was arrested in 1933 and for one month, was held at

Kemna concentration camp Kemna concentration camp (german: Konzentrationslager Kemna, KZ Kemna) was one of the early Nazi concentration camps, created by the Third Reich to incarcerate their political opponents (ostensibly in protective custody) after the Nazi Party first ...

,David Magnus Mintert
''Das frühe Konzentrationslager Kemna und das sozialistische Milieu im Bergischen Land''
(PDF)

Ruhr University Bochum The Ruhr University Bochum (, ) is a public research university located in the southern hills of the central Ruhr area, Bochum, Germany. It was founded in 1962 as the first new public university in Germany after World War II. Instruction began in ...

, doctoral dissertation (2007), p. 275. Retrieved January 14, 2012 where he was tortured physically and psychologically.

Sources

* Kurt Schnöring, "Oskar Hoffmann" in: ''Wuppertaler Biographien. 14. Folge'', Wuppertal (Born) 1984,

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Hoffmann, Oskar Members of the Landtag of North Rhine-Westphalia German communists Kemna concentration camp survivors 1953 deaths 1877 births Social Democratic Party of Germany politicians