Oskar Hoffmann (politician)

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Oskar Hoffmann (4 July 1877 – 3 February 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.

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  • Kurt Schnöring, "Oskar Hoffmann" in: Wuppertaler Biographien. 14. Folge, Wuppertal (Born) 1984, ISBN 3-87093-035-7 (in German)

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  1. ^ "Detailansicht des Abgeordneten Oskar Hoffmann" Landtag North Rhine-Westphalia. Retrieved January 9, 2012 (in German)
  2. ^ David Magnus Mintert, Das frühe Konzentrationslager Kemna und das sozialistische Milieu im Bergischen Land[permanent dead link] (PDF) Ruhr University Bochum, doctoral dissertation (2007), p. 275. Retrieved January 14, 2012 (in German)

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