Werner Scholem

Werner Scholem
Werner Scholem
	Scholem c. 1924
Member of the Reichstag; for Potsdam I
	In office; 27 May 1924 – 1 July 1928
Preceded by	Multi-member district
Succeeded by	Multi-member district
Member of the Landtag of Prussia; for Potsdam I
	In office; 10 March 1921 – 5 January 1925
Preceded by	Multi-member district
Succeeded by	Multi-member district
Personal details
Born	29 December 1895; Berlin, Province of Brandenburg, Kingdom of Prussia, German Empire
Died	17 July 1940 (aged 44); Buchenwald concentration camp, Weimar, Thuringia, Nazi Germany
Party	USPD (1917–1920); KPD (1920–1926)
Other political; affiliations	Left Communists (1926-1928); Leninbund (1928)
Spouse	Emmy Wichelt (m. 1917)
Relatives	Gershom Scholem (brother)
Occupation	Politician; Journalist;
Military service
Allegiance	German Empire
Branch/service	Imperial German Army
Years of service	1915–1917
Battles/wars	World War I Serbian Campaign (WIA); ;
	Central institution membership 1924–1925: Full member,; KPD Politburo ; 1924–1925: Full member,; KPD Central Committee ; Other offices held 1922–1925: Organizational Leader,; Berlin-Brandenberg KPD ;

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Werner Scholem (29 December 1895 – 17 July 1940) was a German communist politician and journalist who served in the Landtag of Prussia from 1921 to 1925 and the Reichstag from 1924 to 1928. He was a leading member of the Communist Party of Germany from 1924 to 1925, part of a triumvirate alongside Ruth Fischer and Arkadi Maslow. He was executed in Buchenwald in 1940. Scholem and his wife, Emmy, were portrayed in the 2014 documentary "Between Utopia and Counter Revolution."