Ernst Schneller
Ernst Schneller | |
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Schneller c. 1928 | |
| Member of the Reichstag for Chemnitz–Zwickau | |
| In office 5 January 1925 – 28 February 1933 | |
| Preceded by | Multi-member district |
| Succeeded by | Constituency abolished |
| Member of the Landtag of Saxony | |
| In office 5 April 1921 – 24 February 1924 | |
| Preceded by | Gottfried Weimer |
| Succeeded by | Richard Schmincke |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 8 November 1890 |
| Died | 11 October 1944 (aged 53) |
| Cause of death | Execution by shooting |
| Party | SPD (before 1920) KPD (after 1920) |
| Spouse |
Hildegard Schwedler (m. 1916) |
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| Military service | |
| Allegiance | German Empire |
| Years of service | 1914–1918 |
| Rank | Battalion Adjutant |
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Ernst Hugo Schneller (8 November 1890 – 11 October 1944) was a German school teacher. In 1914 he volunteered to join the army when war broke out. Sent to fight on the Eastern Front, he became politicised and radicalised, especially as the ideas behind the Russian Revolution filtered through to the German troops. After the war he joined first the Social Democratic Party and then, in 1920, the recently launched Communist Party of Germany. He served as a regional member ("Landtagsabgeordneter") of parliament in the Saxon parliament ("Landtag") between 1921 and 1924, and then between 1924 and 1933 as a member ("Reichstagsabgeordneter") of the national parliament ("Reichstag"). He was arrested in 1933 and imprisoned. Transfer to the Sachsenhausen concentration camp followed in 1939.
On 11 October 1944, Ernst Schneller was one of 24 German camp inmates deemed culpable of "illegal activities", taken out, and together with three French antifascists shot dead by Nazi paramilitaries (SS).