Eduard Schmid

A joiner by trade, after his apprenticeship Schmid spent a few years as journeyman until he settled in Munich, where he became a member of the Deutscher Holzarbeiterverband [de] (German Wood Workers Association).

In a time of severe domestic disputes, a few weeks after the defeat of the Bavarian Council Republic, Schmid was elected to Lord Mayor of Munich on 26 June 1919, in which he became the first Social Democrat to hold the highest position in the city until 1924.

[2] Living conditions in Munich were determined at that time by strikes, hunger, economic difficulties, unemployment and party strife.

Other major projects which he promoted or initiated were the tram workshop in Perlach and the St. Joseph retirement home in Mittersendling.

In 1923, due to the general economic crisis, the sharp decline in the value of money, resulting in inflation.