Anton Storch (1 April 1892 – 26 November 1975) was a German trade unionist, politician, a member of the Christian Democratic Union (CDU) and the minister of labor from 1949 to 1957.[1]
Anton Storch | |
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| Federal Minister for Labour | |
| In office 20 September 1949 – 29 October 1957 | |
| Chancellor | Konrad Adenauer |
| Preceded by | Office established |
| Succeeded by | Theodor Blank |
| Member of the Bundestag | |
| In office 7 September 1949 – 19 October 1965 | |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 1 April 1892 Fulda, German Empire |
| Died | 26 November 1975 (aged 83) Fulda, West Germany |
| Nationality | German |
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Early life edit
Storch was born in Fulda, Hesse, in 1892.[2] He was trained as a carpenter and served in World War I.[2]
Career edit
Storch was the functionary of Woodworker's Christian Trade Union from 1920 to 1933, trade union chairman of Hanover region from 1931 to 1933 and insurance agent until 1939.[2] From 1939 to 1945 he served as a member of air raid police.[2] He contributed to the reestablishment of the trade unions in Hanover (British Zone) in 1945 and 1946.[2] From 1946 to 1948, he served as the chief of department for social policy of British Zone trade unions.[3] He became a member of Bizonal Economic Council in 1947 and was named its director of labor in 1948.[2] He was the director of the workers' union (Verwaltung für Arbeit (VfA)) until 1949.[4]
He was a member of the Christian Democratic Union (CDU)[5] and one of the CDU representatives in the Bundestag.[2] He became a member of the Bundestag in 1949 and served there until 1965.[6] In the party he served at the social affairs committee.[7] Then he was appointed minister of labor and social affairs to the cabinet led by Prime Minister Konrad Adenauer on 20 September 1949.[4] He was in office until 29 October 1957[8] when Theodor Blank replaced him in the post.
Views edit
Storch was an advocate of "far-reaching social welfare programme"[7] and of Catholic political economy.[9] He argued that the reason for two world wars was the "exaggerated liberal-capitalistic economic order of the last one hundred years."[6]
References edit
- ^ Günter Buchstab; Brigitte Kaff; Hans-Otto Kleinmann. "Christliche Demokraten gegen Hitler" (PDF). GBV (in German).
- ^ a b c d e f g "Storch, Anton (CDU)". Elections and Political Parties in Germany, 1945–1952. Salisbury, NC: Documentary Publications. 1952. p. 28.
- ^ Barbara Marshall (1986). "The Democratization of Local Politics in the British Zone of Germany: Hanover 1945-47". Journal of Contemporary History. 21 (3): 428–430. doi:10.1177/002200948602100304. S2CID 154840068.
- ^ a b James M. Diehl (2000). Thanks of the Fatherland: German Veterans After the Second World War. Chapel Hill, NC: University of North Carolina Press. p. 72. ISBN 978-0-8078-6103-5.
- ^ "Adenauer aims to slow down". The Spokesman-Review. 8 September 1953. Retrieved 7 July 2013.
- ^ a b Maria Mitchell (June 1995). "CDU Politicians and National Socialism, 1945-1949". The Journal of Modern History. 67 (2): 289. doi:10.1086/245092. S2CID 154133689.
- ^ a b Hans-Peter Schwarz (1995). Konrad Adenauer: A German Politician and Statesman in a Period of War, Revolution, and Reconstruction. Vol. 2. Providence, RI: Berghahn Books. ISBN 1-57181-870-7.
- ^ Die NATO-Option. Munich: R. Oldenbourg Verlag. 1993. p. 1216. ISBN 978-3-486-51691-3.
- ^ James Chappel (November 2015). "Catholicism and the Economy of Miracles in West Germany, 1920-1960". New German Critique. 42 (3): 35. doi:10.1215/0094033x-3136985.
External links edit
- Newspaper clippings about Anton Storch in the 20th Century Press Archives of the ZBW
Media related to Anton Storch at Wikimedia Commons
