Eugen Munder
Eugen Munder | |
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Gauleiter of Gau Württemberg-Hohenzollern | |
In office 8 July 1925 – 9 January 1928 | |
Appointed by | Adolf Hitler |
Preceded by | Position established |
Succeeded by | Wilhelm Murr |
Personal details | |
Born | Stuttgart, Kingdom of Württemberg, Germany | 9 October 1899
Died | 20 November 1952 Stuttgart, West Germany | (aged 53)
Political party | Nazi Party |
Military service | |
Allegiance | German Empire |
Branch/service | Imperial German Army |
Years of service | 1917-1919 |
Battles/wars | World War I |
Eugen Munder (9 October 1899 – 20 November 1952)[1] was an early member of the Nazi Party and Gauleiter of Gau Württemberg-Hohenzollern.
Life
Munder was born in
By 1921 Munder was already active on behalf of the Nazi Party in Stuttgart. On 15 April 1925 he joined the Party (Membership No. 1835) when the ban on it was lifted. He was a very effective organizer and re-founded the party's Gau headquarters, becoming the local branch leader (Ortsgruppenleiter) in Stuttgart. Adolf Hitler appointed him Gauleiter of Württemberg after a rally in Stuttgart on 8 July 1925. From 1925 to 1928 Munder served as the editor and publisher of a local Nazi newspaper, The Southwest German Observer.[5] In 1927 Munder expressed criticism of Hitler's lifestyle. He also was involved in a major row over the candidate list for upcoming elections to the Württemberg Landtag. When Hitler supported his rival Christian Mergenthaler to head the list over him, Munder resigned as Gauleiter on 9 January 1928. His successor was Wilhelm Murr.[6] Munder then was expelled from the NSDAP on 18 January 1928 and thereafter played no active part in politics.[5]
He resumed his career as a civil servant, working largely in the field of health insurance. After the
After the end of
References
- ISBN 978-3-608-91371-2) Volume V, p. 804.
- ISBN 1-932970-32-0.
- ISBN 3-87473-000-X)
- ^ "Letter to the Court: Evaluation of the Reich Commissioner for the Monitoring of Public Policy, 20 November 1922" in: Uwe Lohalm, 1970, p 11.
- ^ a b Miller & Schulz 2017, p. 312.
- ^ Detlef Mühlberger, "Organization & Development of the Nazi Party" in: Hitler's Voice: The Völkisher Beobachter, 1920-1933 (Bern: Peter Lang AG, 2004) p. 142
- ^ Miller & Schulz 2017, p. 314.
- ^ Miller & Schulz 2017, p. 315.
Literature
- Karl Höffkes: Hitlers Politische Generale. Die Gauleiter des 3. Reiches; ein biographisches Nachschlagewerk. ISBN 3-87847-163-7.
- Michael D. Miller & Andreas Schulz: Gauleiter: The Regional Leaders of the Nazi Party and Their Deputies, 1925-1945, Volume II (Georg Joel - Dr. Bernhard Rust), R. James Bender Publishing, 2017, ISBN 1-932970-32-0.
- Michael Matthiesen: Munder, Eugen Paul; in: Württembergische Biographien, Band III, Stuttgart 2017, ISBN 978-3-17-033572-1.