Albert Krebs
Albert Krebs | |
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| Chairman of Independent Ortsgruppe Hamburg | |
| In office 2 November 1926 – 26 February 1928 | |
| Appointed by | Adolf Hitler |
| Preceded by | Josef Klant (as Gauleiter) |
| Succeeded by | Position abolished |
| Gauleiter of Gau Hamburg | |
| In office 26 February 1928 – 3 September 1928 | |
| Appointed by | Adolf Hitler |
| Preceded by | Position re-created |
| Succeeded by | Hinrich Lohse (acting) |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 3 March 1899 Nazi party |
| Education | Germanistics, history, national economics, and English language |
| Occupation | Teacher Journalist |
| Military service | |
| Allegiance |  German Empire |
| Branch/service |  Imperial German Army |
| Years of service | 1917–1919 |
Albert Krebs (3 March 1899 in
Krebs, a higher archive official's son, did his
Krebs was discharged in March 1919, leaving him free to begin studies in
After the reestablishment of the NSDAP, Krebs rejoined it on 10 May 1926 (Membership No. 35,589).
From 1929 to January 1931, Krebs was editor of the weekly Hamburger Volksblatt, the first Nazi newspaper in the city. In April 1930, Krebs took over the leadership of the Hamburg Betriebszellenorganisation, the Nazi Factory Cell Organization. A further career advance made it possible for him, starting in January 1931, to work as the first editor-in-chief of the Nazi daily newspaper Hamburger Tageblatt. As a member of the left wing of the Party, he was not comfortable with the Party leadership's move to accommodate more conservative and business interests.[3] Owing to an article published early in 1932 that was critical of Chancellor Kurt von Schleicher's cabinet, Krebs was upbraided by Adolf Hitler personally, removed as editor and expelled from the Party on 20 May 1932.
Professionally, he continued his activities as a national education and cultural consultant at the DHV until its dissolution in April 1934. Thereafter he worked as a freelancer at the German Office Workers' Union (Deutsche Angestellten-Gewerkschaft; DAG). From September 1934 to March 1938 he was the Director of the Hamburg Public Library. His last position was as
With the beginning of the
In his autobiographical chronicle, published in 1959, "Tendenzen und Gestalten der NSDAP" ("The NSDAP's Tendencies and Shapes"), Krebs portrayed himself as a contemporary who was at first impressed by Nazism's political ideas and goals, but who after personal experience with Hitler's dictatorial leadership style and the "incompetence in the NS Führer State" withdrew, disappointed, from political life.
References
- ^ Miller & Schulz 2017, p. 125.
- ^ Miller & Schulz 2017, p. 126.
- ^ Miller & Schulz 2017, pp. 127–128.
- ^ a b Miller & Schulz 2017, p. 129.
Sources
- The infancy of Nazism. Memoirs of Ex-Gauleiter Albert Krebs 1923–1933. Hrsg. und Übers. William Sheridan Allen. Franklin Watts, New Viewpoints, NY 1976, ISBN 0-531-05376-8.
- Albert Krebs in deutsche-biographie
- Miller, Michael D.; Schulz, Andreas (2017). Gauleiter: The Regional Leaders of the Nazi Party and Their Deputies, 1925-1945. Vol. II (Georg Joel - Dr. Bernhard Rust). R. James Bender Publishing. ISBN 978-1-932970-32-6.
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