Georges Weill | |
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![]() Georges Weill – 1933 | |
Member of the Reichstag for Alsace-Lorraine, Germany | |
In office 1912 – 5 August 1914 | |
Member of the National Assembly for Bas-Rhin, France | |
In office 11 May 1924 – 31 May 1928 | |
In office 8 May 1932 – 31 May 1936 | |
Personal details | |
Born | Strasbourg, Alsace-Lorraine, Germany | 17 September 1882
Died | 10 January 1970 Paris, France | (aged 87)
Political party | Social Democratic Party of Germany |
Other political affiliations | French Communist Party |
Parent(s) | Elias and Melanie Weill |
Military service | |
Allegiance | France |
Years of service | 1914–1918 |
Battles/wars | World War I |
Georges Weill (17 September 1882 – 10 January 1970) was an Alsatian politician who was a Socialist member of parliament for Metz in the German Reichstag from 1912 to 1914. After the outbreak of World War I, he declared his loyalty to France and joined the French Army. In response he was stripped of German citizenship on 5 August 1914. After the Allied victory the provinces of Alsace-Lorraine returned to France, he was elected general counsel of the Lower Rhine in 1919 and became a socialist member of the French Parliament for the Bas-Rhin district.[1]