17 Facts About Johannes Giesberts

Johannes Giesberts most notably served as the first Reich Postal Minister, which was a successor to the Reichspost, from 1919 to 1922 under Friedrich Ebert.

Johannes Giesberts became active in trade union politics during this time, joining the Catholic Workers' Movement in 1893 and becoming a city councillor in Monchengladbach.

Johannes Giesberts quit working as a laborer in 1899, becoming an editor for the Westdeutsche Arbeiterzeitung, which was the organ of the Catholic workers' associations.

Johannes Giesberts then joined the Weimar National Assembly from 1919 to 1920.

Johannes Giesberts resigned in 1922, returning to working in the Reichstag full-time until 1933, when the Nazi Party took power.

Johannes Giesberts was born on 3 February 1865 in Straelen, Kingdom of Prussia, as the son of a master baker, Jacob Johannes Giesberts, and Hubertine.

Johannes Giesberts attended elementary school and then began an apprenticeship as a baker, like his father.

Johannes Giesberts was then a boiler stoker and a metalworker for Kolnische Volkszeitung in Cologne-Nippes from 1891 to 1899.

Johannes Giesberts then became a co-founder and board member of the Christian Metalworkers' Association.

Johannes Giesberts first entered local politics as a city councillor in Monchengladbach in 1892 as part of the Centre Party, a position he would hold until 1918.

Johannes Giesberts was an election campaign speaker in 1898 within Germany for the party.

Johannes Giesberts was re-elected in 1907, and then 1912, staying in the Reichstag until 1918 as a consistent member of the petitions committee.

Johannes Giesberts was a social expert to the then Belgian provincial governor, Gaston van de Werve et de Schilde and was a lecturer at the Western Front.

Johannes Giesberts was then appointed to the Reich Economic Office in 1918 as a councillor for economic and social policy matters.

Johannes Giesberts was then switched to the Reich Ministry of Labour upon its formation in late 1918 as Undersecretary of State there, which he left in 1919.

Johannes Giesberts became a member of the Weimar National Assembly from 1919 to 1920, the entire time that it existed.

Johannes Giesberts died on 7 August 1938 in Monchengladbach, then part of Nazi Germany.