Carl Vincent Krogmann
Carl Vincent Krogmann (3 March 1889, in Hamburg – 14 March 1978, in Hamburg) was a German banker, industrialist and Nazi Party politician. He served as Mayor of Hamburg for the majority of the Nazi period of government.
Early years
Krogmann was born into one of Hamburg's old
Mayor
He was appointed mayor of Hamburg on 8 March 1933 after being endorsed by a new coalition controlling the city made up of 8 Nazis, four members of the German National People's Party and one each from the German People's Party and the German State Party. His power was increased soon afterwards when the Nazis dissolved the Hamburg Parliament and awarded Krogmann power of decree.[5] His appointment was ratified in no small degree because of his status as a member of one of Hamburg's pre-eminent mercantile families and as such it was hoped that he would appeal to the business community in the city, much of which was sceptical about the Nazis.[6]
However, Krogmann had an early rival in the form of Reichstatthalter (Governor) Karl Kaufmann, and by 1936, he had been named Führer of Hamburg, denting Krogmann's power.[7] Initially mayor, he had been given the stronger title Regierender Bürgermeister following the dissolution of the Hamburg Parliament. However, as Kaufmann's power grew so Krogmann's status diminished so as by 1937 he had been demoted to the lesser title of First Councillor of the Municipal Authority.[7]
Despite his shaky status, Krogmann, a devotee of the writings of
Post-war
After the
References
- ^ Frank Bajohr, "Aryanisation" in Hamburg: The Economic Exclusion of Jews and the Confiscation of their Property in Nazi Germany, Berghahn Books, 2002, p. 16
- ^ Niall Ferguson, Paper and Iron: Hamburg Business and German Politics in the Era of Inflation, 1897-1927, Cambridge University Press, 2002, p. 443
- ^ CHAPTER NINE - Wall Street and the Nazi Inner Circle
- ^ a b Bajohr, "Aryanisation" in Hamburg, p. 48
- ^ Bajohr, "Aryanisation" in Hamburg, p. 47
- ^ John Garrard, Heads of the Local State: Mayors, Provosts and Burgomasters since 1800, Ashgate Publishing, Ltd., 2007, p. 143
- ^ a b Bajohr, "Aryanisation" in Hamburg, pp. 47-48
- ^ Bajohr, "Aryanisation" in Hamburg, p. 55
- ^ Dr. Heinrich Erdmann, Hamburg im Dritten Reich. Sieben Beiträge, Veröffentlichungen der Landeszentrale für politische Bildung, Hamburg, 1998, p. 33
- ^ Ernst Klee, Das Personenlexikon zum Dritten Reich. Fischer, Frankfurt am Main, 2007, p. 342