Siegfried Taub (1876,

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– 1946) was a

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ish politician from

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Career

Taub was the general secretary of German Social Democratic Workers Party in the Czechoslovak Republic (DSAP) from 1924.Brandes, Detlef.
Grossbritannien und seine osteuropäischen Alliierten 1939-1943: die Regierungen Polens, der Tschechoslowakei und Jugoslawiens im Londoner Exil vom Kriegsausbruch bis zur Konferenz von Teheran
'. Veröffentlichungen des Collegium Carolinum, 59. München: Oldenburg, 1988. p. 57 He belonged to the

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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

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parliament.McKay, C. G.
From Information to Intrigue: Studies in Secret Service, Based on the Swedish Experience, 1939-45
'. Cass series--studies in intelligence. London: F. Cass, 1993. p. 125 Taub represented DSAP in the Executive of the

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between February 1930 and 1938. He was a secretary by profession. According to data from 1935, he lived in Prague. During the beginning of the

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, Taub was in exile in

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. In 1941, he moved to the

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. 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.

References

1876 births 1946 deaths People from Telč People from the Margraviate of Moravia Jewish Czech politicians Social Democratic Party of Austria politicians German Social Democratic Workers' Party in the Czechoslovak Republic politicians Members of the Chamber of Deputies of Czechoslovakia (1920–1925) Members of the Chamber of Deputies of Czechoslovakia (1925–1929) Members of the Chamber of Deputies of Czechoslovakia (1929–1935) Members of the Chamber of Deputies of Czechoslovakia (1935–1939) Members of the Executive of the Labour and Socialist International Jewish socialists Moravian-German people Sudeten German people Czechoslovak emigrants to the United States {{Germany-hist-stub