Hermann Böse

Hermann Böse (May 4, 1870, Hemelingen – July 17, 1943, Bremen) was a German music teacher and conductor at the Hermann-Böse-Gymnasium, which was named after him, as well as a communist activist.

He was also conductor of the ultra left "Workers - Singing Union in Bremen".

His father, Johann Böse, was a head teacher in Hemelingen which at that time was part of Prussia.

[1] During the German Revolution of 1918-1919, Böse became the Bremen Soviet Republic's head of the People's Commissariat for Education.

Since Böse was a convinced communist, and after the Nazi seizure of power he lost his pension.