Georg August Zinn

German politician (1901–1976)

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Memorial to Zinn in Paulskirche, Frankfurt

Georg August Zinn (27 May 1901 – 27 March 1976) was a German lawyer and a politician of the SPD. He was a member of the Bundestag from 1949 to 1951 representing Kassel, the 2nd Minister-President of Hesse from 1950 to 1969 and served as the 5th and 16th President of the Bundesrat in 1953/54 and 1964/65.

While he was at the helm of Hesse government he played an important role, although quite discreetly, in the capture of Nazi criminal Adolf Eichmann. In Shlomo J. Shpiro's introduction to Isser Harel's book The House on Garibaldi Street, added to the 1997 expanded edition, it is revealed for the first time that then Hesse prosecutor-general Fritz Bauer did not act alone, in the attempt to apprehend Eichmann while he was hiding in Argentina, but was discretely helped by Zinn.^[1]^[2]

Zinn was two times married. His second wife was Dr. Christa Zinn (1927–2002). Three sons are still living, Karl Georg Zinn (born 1939, economist), Dr. Georg-Christian Zinn and Dr. Philip-André Zinn.

He was born in Frankfurt and died in Frankfurt.

References

^ Harel, Isser (1997). The House on Garibaldi Street. London: Routledge. ISBN 9781315036687.
^ "Das haus in der Garibaldi Straße (The House on Garibaldi Street)". Der Spiegel (in German). 6 July 1975. Retrieved 28 August 2021. In this article there was just a hint to Zinn ("Eine hochstehende Persönlichkeit von großer Integrität" - a very important person of great integrity), whose name and role were not clearly revealed before the aforementioned 1997 Shpiro's introduction.

External links

Georg August Zinn in the German National Library catalogue

Wikimedia Commons has media related to Georg-August Zinn.

Presidents of the German Bundesrat

v t e Ministers-President of Hesse
People's State of Hesse (est. 1918)	Carl Ulrich Bernhard Adelung
Nazi period (1933–45)	Ferdinand Werner Philipp Wilhelm Jung Jakob Sprenger
Greater Hesse (1945–46)	Ludwig Bergsträsser Karl Geiler
Modern Hesse (since 1946)	Christian Stock Georg August Zinn Albert Osswald Holger Börner Walter Wallmann Hans Eichel Roland Koch Volker Bouffier Boris Rhein

Members of the 1st Bundestag (1949–1953)

President: Erich Köhler until 18 October 1950; Hermann Ehlers from 19 October 1950 (CDU)

CDU/CSU

Speaker: Konrad Adenauer until 21 September 1949; Heinrich von Brentano from 30 September 1949

CDU:
Adenauer
Albers
Arndgen
Bartram (from 13 May 1952)
Bauknecht
Baur
Bausch
Becker
Blank
Brauksiepe
Brentano
Brese
Brökelschen
Brönner
Brookmann
Bucerius
Degener (until 31 December 1951)
Dietz
Dresbach
Eckstein
Ehlers
Ehren
Eplée (from 16 January 1953)
Erhard
Etzel (until 4 January 1953)
Etzenbach
Even
Feldmann
Frey
Friedensburg (from 1 February 1952)
Gengler
Gerns
Gerstenmaier
Gibbert
Giencke
Glüsing
Gockeln
Götz
Gröwel
Günther
Hagge (from 24 June 1953 FDP)
Handschumacher (from 21 January 1953)
Heiler
Heix
Henle
Hilbert
Hilpert (until 10 October 1949)
Höfler
Hohl (from 3 November 1949)
Holzapfel (until 20 January 1953)
Hoogen
Hoppe
Horn (from 10 June 1950)
Huth
Junglas
Kaiser
Kather
Kemper
Kern
Kiesinger
Köhler
Kopf
Krone
Kühling
Kuntscher
Kunze
Lehr
Leibfried
Lemmer (from 1 February 1952)
Lenz
Leonhard
Lübke (until 30 September 1950)
Lücke
Majonica (from 19 November 1950)
Massoth
Maxsein (from 1 February 1952)
Mayer
Mehs
Mensing
Morgenthaler
Muckermann
Mühlenberg
Müller
Müller-Hermann (from 1 January 1952)
Naegel
Neber
Nellen
Neuburger
Niggemeyer
Oetzel (from 24 January 1953)
Orth
Pelster
Pfender
Pferdmenges (from 12 January 1950)
Povel (until 21 October 1952)
Pünder
Raestrup
Rehling
Rösch
Rümmele
Sabel
Scharnberg
Schill
Schlange-Schöningen (until 9 June 1950)
Schmitt
Schmitz
Schmücker
Schröder
Schröter (until 25 February 1952)
Schuler
Schulze-Pellengahr
Schüttler
Serres
Sewald (until 25 November 1949)
Siebel
Stauch
Steinbiß
Storch
Struve
Tillmanns
Vogel
Wacker
Wackerzapp
Wahl
Weber
Weber
Weiß
Winkelheide
Wuermeling

CSU:
Bauereisen
Bodensteiner (from 14 November 1952 Non-attached (GVP))
Fuchs
Fugger
Funk
Horlacher
Jaeger
Kahn
Karpf
Kemmer
Kleindinst
Laforet
Loibl (until 16 April 1951)
Nickl
Niklas (from 30 May 1951)
Oesterle
Probst
Schäffer
Schatz
Schütz
Semler (from 14 May 1950)
Solleder
Spies
Spreti
Strauss
Stücklen

SPD

Speaker: Kurt Schumacher until 20 August 1952; Erich Ollenhauer from 7 October 1952

Members:
Albertz
Albrecht
Altmaier
Ansorge (from 17 November 1951)
Arndt
Arnholz
Baade
Bärsch
Baur
Bazille
Behrisch
Bergmann
Bergsträsser
Berlin
Bettgenhäuser
Bielig
Birkelbach
Blachstein
Bleiß
Böhm
Brandt
Brill
Bromme
Brünen
Brunner (until 13 November 1951)
Cramer
Dannebom
Diel
Döhring
Eichler
Ekstrand
Erler
Faller (from 4 December 1951)
Fischer (until 21 October 1951)
Franke (from 17 May 1951)
Freidhof
Freitag
Geritzmann
Gleisner
Görlinger
Graf
Greve
Gülich
Happe
Heiland
Heinen (from 24 July 1953)
Hennig
Henßler
Herbig (until 1 December 1951)
Herrmann
Höcker
Höhne
Hubert
Imig
Jacobi
Jacobs
Jahn
Kalbfell
Kalbitzer
Keilhack
Keuning
Kinat
Kipp-Kaule
Klabunde (until 21 November 1950)
Knoeringen (until 3 April 1951)
Knothe (until 20 February 1952)
Koch
Königswarter (from 1 February 1952)
Korspeter
Krahnstöver
Kreyssig (from 4 April 1951)
Kriedemann
Kurlbaum
Lange
Lausen
Leddin (until 25 March 1951)
Löbe
Lockmann (from 28 November 1950)
Lohmüller (until 2 March 1952)
Ludwig
Lütkens
Marx
Matzner
Mayer
Meitmann
Mellies
Menzel
Merten (from 23 April 1951)
Mertins
Meyer
Meyer
Meyer-Laule
Missmahl
Mommer
Moosdorf (from 4 May 1952)
Mücke
Müller
Müller
Nadig
Neubauer (from 1 February 1952)
Neumann
Nölting (until 15 July 1953)
Nowack
Odenthal (from 28 September 1951)
Ohlig
Ollenhauer
Paul
Peters
Pohle
Preller (from 16 March 1951)
Priebe
Reitzner
Richter
Ritzel
Roth (until 14 May 1951)
Ruhnke
Runge
Sander
Sassnick
Schanzenbach
Schellenberg (from 1 February 1952)
Schmid
Schmidt
Schoettle
Schönauer (until 2 April 1950)
Schöne
Schroeder
Schröter (from 1 February 1952)
Schumacher (until 20 August 1952)
Segitz (from 4 December 1951)
Seuffert
Stech
Steinhörster
Stierle
Stopperich (until 6 January 1952)
Striebeck
Strobel
Suhr (until 31 January 1952)
Temmen
Tenhagen
Troppenz
Veit
Wagner
Wehner
Wehr (from 21 May 1952)
Weinhold
Welke
Weltner
Wenzel
Winter (from 9 November 1952)
Wolff (from 1 February 1952)
Wönner
Zinn (until 21 January 1951)
Zühlke

FDP

Speaker: Theodor Heuss until 12 September 1949; Hermann Schäfer until 10 January 1951; August-Martin Euler until 6 May 1952; Hermann Schäfer from 6 May 1952

Members:
Atzenroth
Becker
Blank
Blücher
Dannemann
Dehler
Dirscherl
Eberhard (from 3 October 1952)
Euler
Fassbender
Friedrich (from 5 October 1950 Non-attached, from 16 November 1950 BHE/DG, from 2 April 1952 FDP-Gast)
Frühwald
Funcke (from 14 September 1951)
Gaul
Golitschek
Grundmann
Hammer
Hasemann
Henn (from 1 February 1952)
Heuss (until 15 September 1949)
Hoffmann (from 15 June 1951)
Hoffmann
Höpker-Aschoff (until 9 September 1951)
Hübner (from 1 February 1952)
Hütter (from 15 September 1949)
Ilk (from 3 November 1949)
Jaeger (from 22 January 1953)
Juncker
Kneipp
Kohl (until 31 January 1952)
Kühn
Langer (from 10 June 1952 Non-attached, from 29 March 1953 WAV)
Leuchtgens (from 21 January 1950 DRP, from 5 October 1950 Non-attached (DRP), from 6 December 1950 DP, from 27 July 1953 partei- und Non-attached)
Leuze (from 21 March 1952)
Linnert (until 27 October 1949)
Luchtenberg (from 30 October 1950)
Margulies
Mauk (from 7 April 1952)
Mayer (until 18 December 1952)
Mende
Middelhauve (until 17 October 1950)
Mulert (from 1 February 1952)
Neumayer
Nöll
Nowack (until 30 September 1952)
Oellers (until 5 June 1951)
Onnen
Pfleiderer
Preiß
Preusker
Rademacher
Rath
Rechenberg (until 19 January 1953)
Reif
Revenstorff
Rüdiger (until 20 February 1951)
Schäfer
Schneider
Stahl
Stegner
Trischler
Vries (from 5 January 1953)
Wellhausen
Wildermuth (until 9 March 1952)
Will (from 1 February 1952)
Wirths
Zawadil (from 26 November 1952 DP)

Speaker: Heinrich Hellwege until 2 November 1949; Friedrich Klinge until 21 December 1949; Hans Mühlenfeld until 15 March 1953; Hans-Joachim von Merkatz from 17 March 1953

Members:
Ahrens
Bahlburg (from 13 September 1951 Non-attached, from 24 January 1952 DP-Gast, from 10 September 1952 Non-attached)
Campe (from 23 January 1950, until 8 January 1952)
Eickhoff
Ewers
Farke
Fricke (from 22 March 1952)
Hedler (from 19 January 1950 Non-attached, from 28 March 1950 DRP-Gast, from 16 September 1950 Non-attached, from 29 April 1953 WAV)
Hellwege
Jaffé (from 9 January 1952)
Kalinke
Klinge (until 21 December 1949)
Kuhlemann
Matthes
Merkatz
Mühlenfeld (until 15 May 1953)
Seebohm
Tobaben
Walter
Wittenburg
Woltje (from 30 May 1953)

Speaker: Gebhard Seelos until 25 September 1951; Hugo Decker from 25 September 1951

Members:
Aretin (from 14 December 1951 FU)
Aumer (from 8 September 1950 Non-attached)
Baumgartner (until 1 January 1951)
Besold (from 14 December 1951 FU)
Decker
Donhauser (from 8 September 1950 Non-attached, from 17 September 1952 CSU)
Eichner (from 14 December 1951 FU)
Etzel (from 14 December 1951 FU, from 3 December 1952 Non-attached (GVP))
Falkner (until 27 October 1950)
Fink (from 14 December 1951 FU, from 5 January 1952 CSU)
Fürstenberg (from 7 November 1950 Non-attached, from 19 January 1951 CSU)
Lampl (from 10 November 1950, from 14 December 1951 FU)
Maerkl (from 1 September 1952)
Mayerhofer (from 14 December 1951 FU)
Meitinger (from 26 September 1951, from 14 December 1951 FU)
Oettingen-Wallerstein (from 8 January 1951, from 14 December 1951 FU, until 1 September 1952)
Parzinger (from 14 December 1951 FU)
Rahn (from 14 January 1950, from 8 September 1950 Non-attached, from 17 October 1950 WAV-Gast, from 14 February 1951 CSU)
Seelos (until 25 September 1951)
Volkholz (from 14 December 1951 FU)
Wartner (from 14 December 1951 FU)
Ziegler (until 30 December 1949)

KPD

v t e KPD
Speaker: Max Reimann
Members: Agatz Fisch Gundelach Harig Kohl (from 26 January 1950) Leibbrand (until 26 January 1950) Müller (from 10 May 1950 Non-attached) Müller Niebergall Niebes (from 10 July 1952) Nuding (until 20 April 1951) Paul Reimann Renner Rische Strohbach (from 16 May 1951) Thiele Vesper (until 30 June 1952)

WAV

Speaker: Alfred Loritz

Members:
Bieganowski (from 21 March 1952, from 23 April 1952 DP/DPB, from 9 December 1952 Non-attached)
Fröhlich (from 13 October 1950 BHE/DG, from 21 March 1952 Non-attached)
Goetzendorff (from 29 March 1950 DRP-Gast, from 5 October 1950 Non-attached (DRP), from 29 April 1953 WAV)
Keller (from 24 April 1952, from 6 December 1951 DP, Non-attached)
Löfflad (from 6 December 1951 DP)
Loritz (from 6 December 1951 Non-attached, from 29 April 1953 WAV)
Paschek (from 29 March 1950 DRP-Gast, from 5 October 1950 Non-attached, from 30 January 1951 WAV, from 6 December 1951 DP, until 22 April 1952)
Reindl (from 6 December 1951 DP/DPB, from 9 December 1952 Non-attached, from 29 April 1953 WAV)
Schmidt (from 6 December 1951 DP/DPB, from 9 December 1952 Non-attached)
Schuster (from 6 December 1951 DP)
Tichi (from 13 October 1950 BHE/DG, from 21 March 1952 Non-attached)
Wallner (from 6 December 1951 DP/DPB, from 9 December 1952 Non-attached)
Weickert (from 13 October 1950 BHE/DG, until 16 March 1952)
Wittmann (from 6 December 1951 DP, from 9 May 1952 Non-attached, from 5 July 1952 CDU/CSU-Gast)

ZENTRUM

Speaker: Helene Wessel

Members:
Amelunxen (until 7 October 1949)
Arnold (from 14 December 1951 FU, from 9 December 1952 Non-attached (GVP))
Bertram (from 3 November 1949, from 14 December 1951 FU)
Determann (from 14 December 1951 FU)
Glasmeyer (from 23 November 1951 CDU)
Hamacher (until 29 July 1951)
Hoffmann (, from 14 December 1951 FU)
Krause (until 18 October 1950)
Pannenbecker (from 14 December 1951 FU)
Reismann (from 14 December 1951 FU)
Ribbeheger (from 14 December 1951 FU)
Wessel (from 14 December 1951 FU, from 13 November 1952 Non-attached (GVP))
Willenberg (from 26 October 1950, from 14 December 1951 FU)

DRP

Members:
Dorls (from 13 December 1950 WAV-Gast, from 17 January 1951 WAV, from 26 September 1951 Non-attached, am 23 October 1952 Mandatsaberkennung)
Frommhold (from 7 September 1949 Nationale Rechte, from 5 October 1950 Non-attached (DRP), from 26 March 1952 DP-Gast, from 11 February 1953 Non-attached)
Jaeger (from 29 February 1952)
Miessner (from 5 October 1950 FDP-Gast, from 20 December 1950 FDP)
Rößler (from 15 September 1949 Nationale Rechte, from 6 September 1950 Non-attached, from 13 December 1950 WAV-Gast, from 17 January 1951 WAV, from 26 September 1951 Non-attached, until 21 February 1952)
Thadden (from 15 September 1949 Nationale Rechte; 1950 DRP, from 20 April 1950 Non-attached)

OTHER

v t e OTHER
Members: Clausen (from 23 January 1952 FU-Gast, from 3 July 1953 Non-attached) Edert (CDU/CSU-Gast) Freudenberg (from 5 December 1952 Non-attached) Ott (Non-attached, from 4 May 1950 WAV-Gast, from 13 October 1950 BHE/DG, from 21 March 1952 Non-attached, from 26 March 1952 DP/DPB-Gast, from 26 June 1952 Non-attached)