Kurt Matthaei

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Kurt Matthaei
Reichskommissar
Free State of Schaumburg-Lippe
In office
8 March 1933 – 1 April 1933
Preceded byHeinrich Lorenz [de]
(State Councilor)
Succeeded byHans-Joachim Riecke
Regierungspräsident
Münster Region
In office
5 July 1933 – 21 October 1934
Preceded byHermann Pünder
Succeeded byKurt Klemm [de]
Regierungspräsident
Lüneburg Region
In office
1 November 1934 – March 1944
Preceded byFranz Hermann Reschke [de]
Succeeded byFritz Herrmann [de]
Personal details
Born4 February 1886
neo-Nazi political parties in post-war Germany
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Early life

Kurt Matthaei was born in

First World War, he reentered the Imperial German Army as an officer candidate and fought on the western front. He was wounded in the First Battle of the Marne in September 1914 and was commissioned as a Leutnant in October. He served as a company commander and was wounded again at the Battle of Verdun in August 1916.[1] Awarded the Iron Cross, 2nd class, he served as a military lawyer and was discharged after the end of the war in November 1918. From 1 June 1919, he worked as the head of welfare in the Landkreis Dortmund [de], which was incorporated into the city of Dortmund in April 1928. On 1 May 1930, he lost his job due to his political views. He entered politics and was elected as an alderman in Marl.[2]

Nazi Party career

On 1 November 1932, Matthaei became a member of the

Social Democrat Heinrich Lorenz [de].[5] Matthaei also was elected to the provincial parliament of the Province of Westphalia and was appointed as the state's plenipotentiary to the Reichsrat, where he would represent the state's interests at the national legislature.[1]

On 1 April 1933, after a Nazi government under

Second World War, Matthaei was assigned as a special representative of the leadership staff of Kiev (today, Kyiv) in the Reichskommissariat Ukraine from July 1943 until March 1944 when he retired from his posts and settled in Dannenberg.[1]

Postwar political activity

After the end of the war, Matthaei was interned by the British, from 1945 until October 1947. After a

National Democratic Party (NPD), the DRP's successor party that was established in 1964. Matthaei died in Lüneburg in March 1974.[10]

References

  1. ^ a b c d e f Lilla 2005, p. 104.
  2. ^ Kurt Matthaei entry, p. 302 in Das Deutsche Führerlexicon
  3. ^ Childers 2017, p. 248.
  4. ^ "Nazi Coup in States: Police Powers Seized". No. 46389. The Times (London). 10 March 1933. p. 14.
  5. ^ Der Freistaat Schaumburg-Lippe: Die Landesregierungen 1918–1933
  6. ^ Klee 2007, p. 394.
  7. ^ a b Haunfelder, Bernd: (2006) Die münsterischen Regierungspräsidenten des 20. Jahrhunderts, Bezirksregierung Münster, p. 40.
  8. ^ "Disbanded Heirs of Nazis: Constitutional Court Order". No. 52451. The Times (London). 24 October 1953. p. 8.
  9. ^ Sullivan, Walter (8 September 1953). "Neo-Nazi Thunder Silenced at Polls: German Reich Party is Unable to Elect Bundestag Member or Get 5 Per Cent of Vote". The New York Times. p. 3.
  10. ^ Schumacher, Martin (Hrsg.): (2006) M.d.B. – Die Volksvertretung 1946–1972. Kommission für Geschichte des Parlamentarismus und der politischen Parteien e. V., Berlin, ISBN 3-7700-5224-2, S. 796–797, Kurt Matthaei entry, p. 796.

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