Ludwig Siebert
Ludwig Siebert | |
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Minister of Economics | |
In office 28 November 1936 – 1 November 1942 | |
Preceded by | Hans Dauser |
Succeeded by | Paul Giesler |
Minister of Economics | |
In office 27 June 1933 – 28 February 1934 | |
Preceded by | Eugen Graf von Quadt zu Wykradt und Isny |
Succeeded by | Hermann Esser |
Personal details | |
Born | Ludwigshafen, Kingdom of Bavaria, German Empire | 17 October 1874
Died | 1 November 1942 Prien am Chiemsee, Bavaria, Nazi Germany | (aged 68)
Nationality | German |
Political party | Nazi Party |
Other political affiliations | Bavarian People's Party |
Alma mater | Ludwig Maximilian University of Munich |
Occupation | Lawyer |
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Ludwig Siebert (17 October 1874 – 1 November 1942) was a German
Early life
Siebert was born in
Nazi Party career
In the 14 September 1930 Reichstag election, Lindau was the only large town in southern Bavaria in which the Nazis became the largest party, with 22.1% of the vote. In January 1931, Siebert left the BVP and joined the Nazi Party (membership number 356,673) becoming the first Nazi Lord Mayor in Bavaria. The Nazis, conscious of the prestige this brought them, exploited Siebert's propaganda value by employing him as a public speaker on their behalf at numerous public meetings throughout Bavaria. On 27 January 1931, he addressed a crowd of 1,750 in Lindau that was the largest political meeting ever recorded in the town at that time.[3]
On 24 April 1932, Siebert was elected as a Nazi Party member of the
In May 1933, Siebert officiated at the grand opening in Passau of the Ostmarkmuseum (today, the Oberhausmuseum in the Veste Oberhaus fortress).[7] He was a member of Hans Frank's Academy for German Law from its inaugural meeting on 2 October 1933. On 12 November 1933, he was elected as a member of the Reichstag from electoral constituency 24 (Upper Bavaria and Swabia) and served until his death.[8]
In March 1935, Siebert became head of the
As Minister-President, Siebert did not have the power and authority his predecessors had under the
From 1933 until his death, Siebert was chairman of the
Honorary citizenships
- Honorary citizen of Rothenburg ob der Tauber, alongside Hitler and Streicher (revoked after the war).[18]
- Honorary citizen of Speyer and Augsburg, both also revoked after the war.[19]
Prominent relatives
Siebert's younger brother,
See also
References
- ^ "Archived copy" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2007-10-19. Retrieved 2008-05-06.
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: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link) Reflections on German Culture and Leitkultur in Rothenburg ob der Tauber author: Joshua Hagen, accessed: 6 May 2008 - ^ Oberbürgermeister (in German), Historisches Lexikon Bayerns, accessed: 6 May 2008.
- ^ Pridham 1973, pp. 144–145.
- ^ "Joachim Lilla: Ministers of State, senior administrative officials and (NS) officials in Bavaria from 1918 to 1945". Retrieved 7 April 2023.
- ^ Pridham 1973, p. 310.
- ^ Miller & Schulz 2012, p. 166.
- ^ Anna Rosmus: Hitlers Nibelungen, Samples Grafenau 2015, pp. 69ff.
- ^ "Ludwig Siebert". Reichstag Database. Retrieved 14 December 2022.
- ^ Hitler's Economy: Nazi Work Creation Programs, 1933–1936 google book review, author: Dan P. Silverman, publisher: Harvard University Press, Page 85.
- ^ Joshua Hagen (2004) The Most German of Towns: Creating an Ideal Nazi Community in Rothenburg ob der Tauber, Annals of the Association of American Geographers.
- ^ Pridham 1973, p. 315.
- ^ Broszat 1981, pp. 110–111.
- ^ Bayerische Berg-, Hütten- und Salzwerke AG (BHS) (in German), Historisches Lexikon Bayerns, accessed: 6 May 2008.
- ^ Deutsche Akademie, 1925–1945 (in German), Historisches Lexikon Bayerns, accessed: 6 May 2008.
- S2CID 143549206.
- ISBN 978-3-931-53350-2.
- ^ "Castles in the Shadow of the Swastika". Open Society Archives. Retrieved 14 December 2022.
- ^ Preservation, Tourism and Nationalism: The Jewel of the German Past google book review, author: Joshua Hagen, publisher: Ashgate Publishing, Ltd., 2006, page 188.
- ^ Stadt Speyer: Ehrenbürger Archived 2012-09-12 at archive.today (in German), accessed: 8 May 2008.
- ^ Klee 2007, p. 581.
Sources
- Broszat, Martin (1981). The Hitler State: The Foundation and Development of the Internal Structure of the Third Reich. New York: Longman Inc. ISBN 978-0-582-48997-4.
- Klee, Ernst (2007). Das Personenlexikon zum Dritten Reich. Wer war was vor und nach 1945. Frankfurt-am-Main: Fischer-Taschenbuch-Verlag. ISBN 978-3-596-16048-8.
- Lilla, Joachim; Döring, Martin; Schulz, Andreas, eds. (2004). Statisten in Uniform: die Mitglieder des Reichstags 1933-1945. Ein biographisches Handbuch. Unter Einbeziehung der völkischen und nationalsozialistischen Reichstagsabgeordneten ab Mai 1924. Düsseldorf: Droste. ISBN 978-3-770-05254-7.
- Miller, Michael D.; Schulz, Andreas (2012). Gauleiter: The Regional Leaders of the Nazi Party and Their Deputies, 1925–1945. Vol. 1 (Herbert Albrecht - H. Wilhelm Hüttmann). R. James Bender Publishing. ISBN 978-1-932-97021-0.
- Pridham, Geoffrey (1973). Hitler's Rise to Power: The Nazi Movement in Bavaria, 1923-1933. New York: Harper & Row. ISBN 978-0-061-36116-6.
External links
- Brief Biography of Ludwig Siebert in Joachim Lilla: Ministers of State, Senior Administrative Officials and (NS) Officials in Bavaria from 1918 to 1945
- Siebert Cabinet (1933 – 1942)
- Information about Ludwig Siebert in the Reichstag database
- Newspaper clippings about Ludwig Siebert in the 20th Century Press Archives of the ZBW