George Waschkies (Lithuanian: Jurgis Vaškys, August 22, 1875 – April 26, 1954) was an ethnic German politician in Lithuania. Waschkies was a farmer from Ußlöknen, East Prussia, who represented the Memel Agricultural Party in the Lithuanian parliament for a short stint in 1926–27.
George Waschkies | |
|---|---|
| Member of the Lithuanian Parliament for Klaipėda Region | |
| In office 1926–1927 | |
| Personal details | |
| Born | August 22, 1875 Ußlöknen, Province of Prussia, German Empire |
| Died | April 26, 1954 (aged 78) Bremen, West Germany |
| Resting place | Bremen-Lesum chapel 53°10′18″N 8°41′27″E / 53.17167°N 8.69083°E |
| Political party | Memel Agricultural Party |
| Occupation | Farmer |
| Military service | |
| Years of service | 1897–1900 |
| Unit | 12th Lithuanian Uhlan Regiment, Imperial Germany Army |
Youth
editWaschkies was born on August 22, 1875, in Ußlöknen (Užliekniai).[1] He attended school in his home village and worked at his father's farm following his confirmation.[1][2] Waschkies did military service 1897–1900 in the 12th Lithuanian Uhlan Regiment.[1][2] Waschkies took over the family farm after his father's death in 1903, but had to sell the property soon thereafter.[2] He married in 1904 and moved to his wife's town of Blausden (Blauzdžiai).[1][2] The couple had 14 children; as of 1927 eleven were alive.[2]
Career
editWaschkies was one of the founders of the Wießen (Vyžiai) Credit Association in 1907.[1] In 1912 he was named director of the association.[1] In January 1916 he was named juror, and in 1917 he was named church warden.[1] In 1919 he became a member of the Heydekrug town council and in 1924 a member of the town board.[1] In 1919 he took charge as parish superintendent in Wießen and in July 1925 he became a parish council member.[1]
Waschkies was elected to the Third Seimas of Lithuania in the June 1926 parliamentary election as a Memel Agricultural Party candidate in the Klaipėda Region constituency.[1] The Seimas was dismissed in April 1927.[1]
He was a member of the Parliament of the Klaipėda Region 1932–1934.[1] On July 26, 1934 he took charge as acting vice speaker of the assembly.[1] He was removed from the assembly in August 1934.[1] His seat was left vacant.[3] In September 1935, during the local elections, 14 men, including Waschkies, attacked the election officials and smashed the ballot box in Juknaičiai.[4] On October 13, 1936, the appeal court found the men guilty and sentenced Waschkies to 11 months imprisonment.[5][6]
World War II and later period
editWaschkies became a member of the NSDAP or Nazi Party on April 1, 1939.[1] He was a member of the Wiesenheide local unit of the party.[1] After the war he moved to Bremen, where he died on April 26, 1954.[1] He was buried at Bremen-Lesum chapel on April 30, 1954.[7]
References
edit- ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q Mads Ole Balling (1991). Von Reval bis Bukarest: Einleitung, Systematik, Quellen und Methoden, Estland, Lettland, Litauen, Polen, Tschechoslowakei. Dokumentation Verlag. p. 171. ISBN 978-87-983829-3-5.
- ^ a b c d e Fritz Wertheimer (1927). Von deutschen Parteien und Parteiführern im Ausland. Zentral-Verlag. p. 85.
- ^ Mads Ole Balling (1991). Von Reval bis Bukarest: Ungarn, Jugoslawien, Rumänien, Slowakei, Karpatenukraine, Kroatien, Memelländischer Landtag, Schlesischer Landtag, komparative Analyse, Quellen und Literatur, Register. Dokumentation Verlag. p. 724. ISBN 978-87-983829-5-9.
- ^ "Įvairios žinios". Trimitas (in Lithuanian). 42: 1010. October 19, 1936.
- ^ Europa Ethnica. W. Braumüller. 1937. p. 149.
- ^ "Kas nauja Lietuvoje". Karys (in Lithuanian). 43 (918): 1098. October 26, 1936.
- ^ Das Ostpreussenblatt. May 8, 1954