Social Democratic Party of the Memel Territory

[3] The party was divided into four district organizations (Kreisverbände): Memel-Stadt, Memel-Land, Heydekrug and Pogegen.

[3] In Memel city (i.e. present-day Klaipėda) the party had a strong support amongst industrial and port workers.

[3] In Pogegen, a rural area, party members were predominately agricultural labourers.

[4] The elected parliamentarians of the party were August Kislat (Trade union secretary, Heydekrug), Adolf Plennis (Agricultural worker, Truschellen), Michel Bertschus (Chairman of the Union of War Wounded, Memel), Ernst Rausch (Worker, Übermemel) and Martin Seewaldt (Secretary of Gewerkschaftsbund des Memelgebiets, Memel).

[4] The party gained four seats in the parliament; held by Michel Bertschus, August Jöres, Georg Pannars and Eugen Urban.

[1] As the political situation in the area became increasingly difficult, the party faced competition from National Socialist tendencies.