Karl Linder
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Karl Linder | |
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Frankfurt am Main | |
In office 13 March 1933 – 30 June 1937 | |
Succeeded by | Joseph Kremmer |
Deputy Gauleiter of Gau Hesse-Nassau | |
In office 1 July 1937 – 8 May 1945 | |
Preceded by | Heinrich Reiner |
Succeeded by | Position abolished |
Personal details | |
Born | Friedrich Wilhelm Karl Linder 5 April 1900 National Socialist German Workers' Party (NSDAP) |
Profession | Civil Servant |
Military service | |
Allegiance | German Empire |
Branch/service | Imperial German Army |
Years of service | 1918 |
Unit | Infantry Regiment 81 |
Battles/wars | World War I |
Karl Linder (5 April 1900 in
Early years
The son of a businessman, Linder attended elementary, middle and high school in Frankfurt. In June 1918, he volunteered for military service in
Nazi Party career
In September 1923, Linder joined the
In May 1928 Linder became a Stadtverordneter (City Councillor) of Frankfurt. Also in 1928, Linder became a member of the State Committee for Hesse-Nassau. In November 1929, he was elected to the Municipal Parliament of Wiesbaden and the Landtag (Provincial Parliament) of Hesse-Nassau, becoming the leader of the Nazi Party faction in that body. Linder also served as a Party Reichsredner (National Speaker) and was engaged in propaganda activities. In the national election of September 1930, Linder was elected to the Reichstag from electoral constituency 19 (Hessen-Nassau). He remained a Reichstag deputy until the end of National Socialist rule in May 1945.[3]
When Sprenger moved up to the position of Landesinspekteur on 17 August 1932, Linder succeeded him as Gauleiter of Hesse-Nassau South. However, in December 1932, the entire Landesinspekteur system was repealed, following the fall from power of Gregor Strasser whose brainchild it was. On 1 January 1933, Sprenger returned as Gauleiter of the new Gau Hesse-Nassau (formed by the merger of Gau Hesse-Nassau South and Gau Hesse-Darmstadt) and Linder returned as his Deputy Gauleiter. From April 1933 to September 1939, Linder also headed the Gau Department of Municipal Politics, and was simultaneously the Chairman of the Hesse-Nassau office of the German Municipal Association.[4]
In March 1933, Linder left the Deputy Gauleiter position after he was appointed Second
On 1 July 1937, when he relinquished his position as Second Bürgermeister of Frankfurt, Linder was again appointed Deputy Gauleiter of Gau Hesse-Nassau. He held this office until the end of the regime. On 20 April 1941, Linder was promoted to the Party rank of Befehlsleiter (Command Leader). In late March 1945, when the American army was invading Hesse-Nassau, Linder opposed the orders to destroy the bridges over the Main River. During the Battle of Frankfurt, just before the fall of the city on 29 March 1945, Linder fled to Thuringia.[6]
Postwar years
Linder went into hiding in the last days of the war, eventually escaping to Austria. He disappeared for the next five years, working as a laborer under assumed names. Returning to Hesse, Linder presented himself to the authorities in March 1950 and was briefly interned. The Central Denazification Arbitration Chamber of Hesse closed the case against Linder in November 1951. It found insufficient evidence for his being classified as a major offender. No additional details are known about Linder's life.[6]
References
- ^ Miller & Schulz 2017, pp. 228–229.
- ^ Miller & Schulz 2017, p. 229.
- ^ Miller & Schulz 2017, pp. 230–231.
- ^ Miller & Schulz 2017, p. 231.
- ^ Miller & Schulz 2017, pp. 231–232.
- ^ a b Miller & Schulz 2017, p. 232.
External links
- Information about Karl Linder in the Reichstag database
- Linder, Karl Friedrich Wilhelm. Hessische Biografie. In: Landesgeschichtliches Informationssystem Hessen (LAGIS).
Bibliography
- Höffkes, Karl (1986). Hitlers Politische Generale. Die Gauleiter des Dritten Reiches: ein biographisches Nachschlagewerk. Tübingen: Grabert-Verlag. ISBN 3-87847-163-7.
- 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.