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Hugo Brutus Hermann Molkenbuhr

b. 10 Mar 1881, Ottensen, near Hamburg, German Reich
d. 11 Sep 1959

Title: (Zweiter) Vorsitzender des Vollzugsrats der Arbeiter- und Soldatenräte Groß-Berlins [(Second) Chairman of the Executive Council of the Workers' and Soldiers' Councils of Greater Berlin]
Term: 12 Nov 1918 - 8 Jan 1919
Chronology: 12 Nov 1918, elected by the Executive Council [1]
  8 Jan 1919
Biography:

The third son of German social democrat Hermann Molkenbuhr, Brutus also joined the Social Democratic Party (Socialdemokratische Partei Deutschlands, SPD). In 1918 he became a member of the soldiers' council organized in hospitals of Berlin-Friedrichshain. Elected to the Vollzugsrat der Arbeiter- und Soldatenräte Groß-Berlins (Executive Council of the Workers' and Soldiers' Councils) during the meeting in the Busch Circus on 10 Nov 1918, Molkenbuhr replaced Hans-Georg von Beerfelde as its chairman on 12 Nov 1918. After he left the post of chairman (8 Jan 1919), Molkenbuhr served in the military committee of the Executive Council. Biography source: [1]


[1] "Groß-Berliner Arbeiter- und Soldatenräte in der Revolution 1918/19. Dokumente der Vollversammlungen und des Vollzugsrates. Vom Ausbruch der Revolution bis zum 1. Reichsrätekongress", ed. by Gerhard Engel, Bärbel Holz and Ingo Materna (Berlin: Akademie, 1993). , S. 40-43.