Kurt Melcher

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Kurt Melcher
Police President of Essen
In office
29 September 1919 – 20 July 1932
Preceded byRobert von Bemberg-Flamersheim [de]
Succeeded byRichard Wiesmann
Police President of Berlin
In office
20 July 1932 – 15 February 1933
Preceded byAlbert Grzesinski
Succeeded byMagnus von Levetzow
Oberpräsident of the Province of Saxony
In office
29 May 1933 – 29 September 1933
Preceded byFriedrich von Velsen
Succeeded byCurt von Ulrich
Reich Trustee of Labour
(Special Trustee until 19 October 1938)
In office
1 January 1935 – 8 May 1945
Preceded byPosition created
Succeeded byPosition abolished
Personal details
Born8 July 1881
Army Corps
Battles/warsWorld War I
AwardsIron Cross, first and second class

Kurt Melcher (8 July 1881 – 14 October 1970) was a German lawyer and politician who served as the police chief of Essen and Berlin between 1919 and 1933. He was also briefly the Oberpräsident of the Prussian Province of Saxony, and served as the Trustee of Labour for public service from 1935 to 1945.

Early life

Melcher was born in Barop (since 1929, a part of

Army Corps, earning the Iron Cross, first and second class.[2]

Police and political career

Discharged from the service at the end of the war, Melcher became Police President of the city of

Nazi seizure of power on 30 January 1933, Melcher, who was a member of the German People's Party, was replaced on 15 February 1933 by the Nazi Party member Magnus von Levetzow.[1]

On 29 May 1933, Melcher received the post of

Minister president Hermann Göring. However, on 29 September 1933, he was replaced as Oberpräsident by Curt von Ulrich but retained his seat on the State Council until the fall of the Nazi regime in 1945. In 1934, Melcher was appointed to the Prussian Provincial Council from the Rhine Province. He was assigned as a Sondertreuhänder (Special Trustee) for the civil service from 1 January 1935, and subsequently was elevated to Reichstreuhänder (Reich Trustee) for the civil service from 19 October 1938 until May 1945.[1] In 1937, he also functioned as the transition commissioner for the incorporation of the Free City of Lübeck into the state of Prussia under the provisions of the Greater Hamburg Act.[5]
Nothing is known of his post-war life. He died in Berlin on 14 October 1970.

References

  1. ^ a b c d Lilla 2005, p. 224.
  2. ^ Kurt Melcher entry in Das Deutsche Führerlexikon 1934-1935, pp. 305–306
  3. ^ Herzog 2005, p. 77.
  4. ^ Kuhrt, Aro (2015-07-01). "Das Eldorado". Berlin Street (in German). Archived from the original on 2015-07-29. Retrieved 2021-04-14.
  5. ^ Schneider 1979, p. 217.

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External links
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