1. Lothar Popp was a German revolutionary and a leader of the sailors' revolt in Kiel in 1918.
17 Facts About Lothar Popp
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Lothar Popp was born 7 February 1887 in the small German town Furth im Wald as son of a lower public servant ; he was Catholic by denomination but left church later.
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Lothar Popp attended public school and did an apprenticeship as shop assistant in Augsburg.
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Lothar Popp's father died early and he got his mother to join him in Hamburg.
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When on 4 August 1914 the SPD parliamentary faction approved of the war loans for the First World War, Popp joined the German Peace Society.
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Lothar Popp was proposed as chairman and elected per acclamation.
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Lothar Popp took part in negotiations between sailors, SPD and USPD party delegates and navy admirals especially Wilhelm Souchon.
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Lothar Popp remained a political advisor in the OSR.
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Lothar Popp went back to Hamburg in the beginning of 1919.
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Lothar Popp became a street hawker and a carny at the Hamburger DOM and he founded the association of the ambulant tradespersons and the carnies.
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Lothar Popp rejoined the SPD at the unification party congress in Halle.
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Lothar Popp was expatriated by the Nazis; however, his name does not appear in the expatriation lists.
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Lothar Popp managed to get on board one day before sailing, because he knew one of the sailors.
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Lothar Popp was received by Max Brauer, Herbert Weichmann and Rudolf Katz and could stay temporarily in a house rented by SPD emigrants.
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Lothar Popp wrote articles for the Neue Volkszeitung, which was published in the USA.
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Lothar Popp became honorary chairman of the association of ambulant tradespersons and carnies.
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Lothar Popp was interviewed for German television documentaries regarding his role during the sailors' mutiny in Kiel.