Hermann Fleissner

Hermann Fleissner (16 June 1865, Dresden – 20 April 1939, Berlin) was a German Social Democratic politician.

In 1884, Fleissner joined the Social Democratic Party of Germany (SPD), and in 1895 he became a member of the Woodworkers' Association.

From 1897 Fleissner was employed as a reporter for various Social Democratic newspapers and was later editor of the Dresdner Volkszeitung [de].

Fleissner was involved in founding the Independent Social Democratic Party of Germany (USPD) when it was established on April 6, 1917 in Gotha.

In 1920 Fleissner belonged to the minority of those who at the extraordinary party congress in Halle, rejected applying for membership of the Communist International.