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Wilhelm Külz (18 February 1875 in Borna
Borna

Borna is a town in the Free State of Saxony, Germany, capital of the Leipzig district. It is situated approx. 25 km southeast of Leipzig....
 – 10 April 1948 in Berlin
Berlin

Berlin is the Capital of Germany city and one of sixteen States of Germany of Germany. With a population of 3.4 million within its city limits, Berlin is the country's largest city....
) was a German
Germany

Germany , officially the Federal Republic of Germany , is a country in Central Europe. It is bordered to the north by the North Sea, Denmark, and the Baltic Sea; to the east by Poland and the Czech Republic; to the south by Austria and Switzerland; and to the west by France, Luxembourg, Belgium, and the Netherlands....
 politician
Politician

A politician is an individual who is involved in influencing public decision making through the influence of politics or a person who influences the way a society is governed....
 (DDP
German Democratic Party

The German Democratic Party, or Deutsche Demokratische Partei , was founded by leaders of the former Progressive People's Party and the left wing of the National Liberal Party in the early days of the Weimar Republic....
, LDPD
Liberal Democratic Party of Germany

The Liberal Democratic Party of Germany was a political party in East Germany. Like the other allied parties of the Socialist Unity Party of Germany in the National Front it had 52 representatives in the Volkskammer....
). In 1926 he was interior minister of the Weimar Republic
Weimar Republic

The Weimar Republic was the democracy and republican period of Germany from 1919 to 1933. Following World War I, the republic emerged from the German Revolution in November 1918....
. After 1945 he took actively part in establishing the LDPD. He founded the Berlin branch of LDPD in summer, 1945 and acted as the LDPD chairman after the initial leader Waldemar Koch
Waldemar Koch

Waldemar Koch was a Germany liberalism politician and economist.He was born in Harzburg. Koch studied Economy and worked for years for AEG....
 was deposed by Soviet orders.

In March 17, 1947 in a conference in Rothenburg ob der Tauber
Rothenburg ob der Tauber

Rothenburg ob der Tauber is a town in the district of Ansbach of Mittelfranken, the Franconia region of Bavaria, Germany, well known for its well-preserved Middle Ages old town, a destination for tourists from around the world....
 Külz and Theodor Heuss
Theodor Heuss

Theodor Heuss was a Germany politician. He was the first person elected to a regular term as President of the West Germany.Heuss was born in Brackenheim, near Heilbronn....
 were elected co-chairmen of the planned German Democratic Party aimed at uniting liberals of both Soviet and West occupation zones.

These plans never realized, though, as Wilhelm Külz, unlike East German CDU
Christian Democratic Union (East Germany)

The Christian Democratic Union of Germany was an East German political party founded in 1945. It was part of the National Front with the Socialist Unity Party of Germany until 1989....
 leader Jakob Kaiser
Jakob Kaiser

Jakob Kaiser was a Germany politician and Widerstand leader during World War II.Jakob Kaiser was born in the Franconian town of Hammelburg....
, participated in SED
Socialist Unity Party of Germany

The Socialist Unity Party of Germany was the governing party of the German Democratic Republic from its formation on 7 October 1949 until the elections of March 1990....
-dominated German People's Congress for Unity and True Peace that took place in December 6, 1947.






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Wilhelm Külz (18 February 1875 in Borna
Borna

Borna is a town in the Free State of Saxony, Germany, capital of the Leipzig district. It is situated approx. 25 km southeast of Leipzig....
 – 10 April 1948 in Berlin
Berlin

Berlin is the Capital of Germany city and one of sixteen States of Germany of Germany. With a population of 3.4 million within its city limits, Berlin is the country's largest city....
) was a German
Germany

Germany , officially the Federal Republic of Germany , is a country in Central Europe. It is bordered to the north by the North Sea, Denmark, and the Baltic Sea; to the east by Poland and the Czech Republic; to the south by Austria and Switzerland; and to the west by France, Luxembourg, Belgium, and the Netherlands....
 politician
Politician

A politician is an individual who is involved in influencing public decision making through the influence of politics or a person who influences the way a society is governed....
 (DDP
German Democratic Party

The German Democratic Party, or Deutsche Demokratische Partei , was founded by leaders of the former Progressive People's Party and the left wing of the National Liberal Party in the early days of the Weimar Republic....
, LDPD
Liberal Democratic Party of Germany

The Liberal Democratic Party of Germany was a political party in East Germany. Like the other allied parties of the Socialist Unity Party of Germany in the National Front it had 52 representatives in the Volkskammer....
). In 1926 he was interior minister of the Weimar Republic
Weimar Republic

The Weimar Republic was the democracy and republican period of Germany from 1919 to 1933. Following World War I, the republic emerged from the German Revolution in November 1918....
. After 1945 he took actively part in establishing the LDPD. He founded the Berlin branch of LDPD in summer, 1945 and acted as the LDPD chairman after the initial leader Waldemar Koch
Waldemar Koch

Waldemar Koch was a Germany liberalism politician and economist.He was born in Harzburg. Koch studied Economy and worked for years for AEG....
 was deposed by Soviet orders.

In March 17, 1947 in a conference in Rothenburg ob der Tauber
Rothenburg ob der Tauber

Rothenburg ob der Tauber is a town in the district of Ansbach of Mittelfranken, the Franconia region of Bavaria, Germany, well known for its well-preserved Middle Ages old town, a destination for tourists from around the world....
 Külz and Theodor Heuss
Theodor Heuss

Theodor Heuss was a Germany politician. He was the first person elected to a regular term as President of the West Germany.Heuss was born in Brackenheim, near Heilbronn....
 were elected co-chairmen of the planned German Democratic Party aimed at uniting liberals of both Soviet and West occupation zones.

These plans never realized, though, as Wilhelm Külz, unlike East German CDU
Christian Democratic Union (East Germany)

The Christian Democratic Union of Germany was an East German political party founded in 1945. It was part of the National Front with the Socialist Unity Party of Germany until 1989....
 leader Jakob Kaiser
Jakob Kaiser

Jakob Kaiser was a Germany politician and Widerstand leader during World War II.Jakob Kaiser was born in the Franconian town of Hammelburg....
, participated in SED
Socialist Unity Party of Germany

The Socialist Unity Party of Germany was the governing party of the German Democratic Republic from its formation on 7 October 1949 until the elections of March 1990....
-dominated German People's Congress for Unity and True Peace that took place in December 6, 1947. This brought about internal fights both within the LDPD as well as between East and West German partners of DPD. Although the LDPD leadership criticized that participation, it was unable to take any further steps demanded by the West German liberals.

On a session of the united leadership of DPD that took place in January 18, 1948 and which Külz refused to attend, Theodor Heuss
Theodor Heuss

Theodor Heuss was a Germany politician. He was the first person elected to a regular term as President of the West Germany.Heuss was born in Brackenheim, near Heilbronn....
 argued that Liberal Democrats' unwillingness to take any measures against Külz proved their commitment to 'the Russian conception of German unity'. Upon in, Arthur Lieutenant, the spokesman of LDPD on the matter, declared that under those circumstances and considering reproaches laid against East German liberals, no further co-operation was possible. This was in fact the end of DPD.

Together with Otto Nuschke
Otto Nuschke

File:Bundesarchiv B 145 Bild-F003810-0001, Frankfurt-Main, Evang. Kirchentag, Otto Nuschke.jpgOtto Nuschke was a Germans politician.Nuschke was born in Frohburg....
 (CDU) and Wilhelm Pieck (SED), Wilhelm Külz led the German People's Council (Deutscher Volksrat), forerunner of Volkskammer
Volkskammer

file:Bundesarchiv Bild 183-1990-0419-418, Berlin, Volkskammer w?hrend Regierungserkl?rung von Lothar de Maiziere.jpgThe People's Chamber was the unicameral legislature of the German Democratic Republic ....
 of GDR. From 1945 on, Külz was the publisher of LDPD daily Der Morgen.

Wilhelm-Külz-Stiftung, a foundation close to FDP, is named after him.

Works by and on Wilhelm Külz

  • Wilhelm Külz: Ein Liberaler zwischen Ost und West: Aufzeichnungen 1947 - 1948. Hrsg. von Hergard Robel, Oldenbourg, München 1989, ISBN 3-486-54101-3
  • Werner Schneider: Die Deutsche Demokratische Partei in der Weimarer Republik: 1924 - 1930. Fink, München 1978, ISBN 3-7705-1549-8


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