Bach, Wilhelm Theodor Christian Philipp Ludwig

White binder, merchant, local politician

Born: 23.09.1879 in Wiesbaden

Died: 09.02.1945 in Dachau concentration camp

Bach's political career began with the SPD, whose district electoral association nominated him as a candidate for the municipal elections in 1908. However, he was not uncontroversial among the working class in Dotzheim and did not receive a mandate in the elections of 1908 and 1910. In 1917/18, Bach joined the newly founded USPD (Independent Sozialdemokratische Partei Deutschlands). He was local chairman from December 1918. In November 1918, he briefly took over the chairmanship of the revolutionary workers' and farmers' council in Dotzheim. From 1919, Bach was chairman of the Dotzheim trade union cartel and the workers' choral society. Under his leadership, the Dotzheim USPD declared itself a member of the 3rd International in 1920 and joined the United Communist Party of Germany in 1920/21. From 1921, Bach was a member of the Wiesbaden district council (re-elected in 1925 and 1927). After the incorporation of Dotzheim in 1928, he was elected to the Wiesbaden city council, where he remained a member until 1932/33. He was a member of the Nassau municipal parliament between 1926 and 1932 (building and socio-political committee, election nomination and scrutiny committee).

In 1933, despite Nazi persecution, Bach once again stood as a candidate for the local parliament, but did not receive a mandate. In the same year, he was arrested and sentenced three times for political reasons and had to close his business due to political pressure. He subsequently remained unemployed; from 1937/38 until his deportation in 1944, he lived on a disability pension. In the course of the arrests after July 20, 1944, Bach was arrested again and imprisoned in Dachau concentration camp.