Siegfried Taub
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Siegfried Taub was a Sudeten German Jewish politician from Czechoslovakia
. Taub was the general secretary of German Social Democratic Workers Party in the Czechoslovak Republic (DSAP) from 1924. He belonged to the Moravia
n triumvirate, with party chairman Ludwig Czech
and newspaper editor Wilhelm Niessner, that came to dominate the party leadership from the mid-1920s. Taub served as deputy speaker of the Czechoslovak parliament.
Taub represented DSAP in the Executive of the Labour and Socialist International
between February 1930 and 1938.
During the beginning of the Second World War, Taub was in exile in Sweden
. In 1941, he moved to the United States
. Taub left behind the archives of the Sudeten German social democrats, which were later recovered and donated to the Swedish Labor Movement Archive and Library.
Czechoslovakia
Czechoslovakia or Czecho-Slovakia was a sovereign state in Central Europe which existed from October 1918, when it declared its independence from the Austro-Hungarian Empire, until 1992...
. Taub was the general secretary of German Social Democratic Workers Party in the Czechoslovak Republic (DSAP) from 1924. He belonged to the Moravia
Moravia
Moravia is a historical region in Central Europe in the east of the Czech Republic, and one of the former Czech lands, together with Bohemia and Silesia. It takes its name from the Morava River which rises in the northwest of the region...
n triumvirate, with party chairman Ludwig Czech
Ludwig Czech
Ludwig Czech was a Sudeten German politician of the Jewish background member of Deutsche sozialdemokratische Arbeitspartei who actively participated in the Czechoslovak politics of the so-called First Republic. He was a Minister of Social Care...
and newspaper editor Wilhelm Niessner, that came to dominate the party leadership from the mid-1920s. Taub served as deputy speaker of the Czechoslovak parliament.
Taub represented DSAP in the Executive of the Labour and Socialist International
Labour and Socialist International
The Labour and Socialist International was an international organization of socialist and labour parties, active between 1923 and 1940. The LSI was a forerunner of the present-day Socialist International....
between February 1930 and 1938.
During the beginning of the Second World War, Taub was in exile in Sweden
Sweden
Sweden , officially the Kingdom of Sweden , is a Nordic country on the Scandinavian Peninsula in Northern Europe. Sweden borders with Norway and Finland and is connected to Denmark by a bridge-tunnel across the Öresund....
. In 1941, he moved to the United States
United States
The United States of America is a federal constitutional republic comprising fifty states and a federal district...
. Taub left behind the archives of the Sudeten German social democrats, which were later recovered and donated to the Swedish Labor Movement Archive and Library.