Ludwig Czech

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|party = SDAPÖ
DSAP

|birth_date = {{birth date|1870|2|14|df=y}}

|birth_place = Lviv, Austria-Hungary

|death_date = {{death date and age|1942|8|20|1870|2|14|df=y}}

|death_place = Theresienstadt, Protectorate of Bohemia and Moravia

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Ludwig Czech (14 February 1870 – 20 August 1942) was a German-speaking Jewish Czech member of the German Social Democratic Workers' Party in the Czechoslovak Republic who actively participated in the Czechoslovak politics of the so-called First Republic. He was a Minister of Social Care (1929–1934). Minister of Public Affairs (1934–1935), Minister of Public Health and Physical Training (1935–1938).[http://www.porges.net/JewishHistoryOfCzechRepub.html Jewish History of the Czech Republic][http://www.zob.cz/?q=cs/historie_zob Jewish Community of Brno web page] He died in the Theresienstadt Ghetto in 1942, officially having died of pneumonia, heart failure, and edema of the lungs.{{Cite web |title=Czech Ludwig: Death certificate, Ghetto Terezin |url=https://www.holocaust.cz/en/database-of-digitised-documents/document/80109-czech-ludwig-death-certificate-ghetto-terezin/ |access-date=8 October 2021 |website=holocaust.cz}}

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