Paul Hofmann (Gauleiter)
Paul Hofmann | |
|---|---|
Bürgermeister of Dessau | |
| In office 22 August 1932 – 12 April 1933 | |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 24 August 1901 Meißen, Kingdom of Saxony, German Empire |
| Died | 16 October 1980 (aged 79) Wilmersdorf, West Berlin, West Germany |
| Political party | Nazi Party (NSDAP) |
| Other political affiliations | Social People's Party All-German Bloc/League of Expellees and Deprived of Rights |
| Occupation | Soldier |
| Military service | |
| Allegiance |  Weimar Republic |
| Branch/service |  Reichsheer |
| Years of service | 1920–1930 |
| Battles/wars | Freikorps Baltic Campaign |
Paul Hofmann (24 August 1901 – 16 October 1980) was a Nazi Party official who served briefly as Gauleiter of Gau Magdeburg-Anhalt.
Early life
After attending elementary school and high school in Dresden through 1918, he studied at a teacher's college (Lehrerseminar). However, in 1919 he enlisted in the Iron Division of the Freikorps and was deployed in the Baltic States campaign. From 1920 to October 1930 he was a soldier in the Reichswehr.[1]
Nazi career
Hofmann left military service on 31 October 1930, and on 1 November he joined the Nazi Party (membership number 359,542). On 1 December he became Ortsgruppenleiter (Local Group Leader) in Dessau. At the same time, he was named as the Gau Business Manager for Gau Magdeburg-Anhalt. In 1931 he was appointed Gau Organization Leader and Gau Propaganda Leader. The next year, he was named Deputy Gauleiter.[2]
On 15 July 1932 when Gauleiter Wilhelm Friedrich Loeper was temporarily promoted to the new position of Landesinspekteur overseeing several Gaue, Hofmann succeeded him as Gauleiter. However his tenure was brief, as by mid-December this new position had been abolished and Loeper returned as Gauleiter. Hofmann returned to his positions as Deputy Gauleiter and Propaganda Leader.[2]
Hofmann had been elected to the Anhalt
On 1 November 1933, he took a job with the National Socialist Factory Cell Organization (NSBO) at the Junkers aircraft factory in Dessau and on 1 December 1934, he worked in the central office of the German Labour Front. He was later taken into protective custody after an investigation into alleged close ties between some Junkers plant personnel and Communist sympathizers. Little is known of his activities throughout the war years.[2]
Postwar life
Hofmann reentered political life after the
References
- ^ Höffkes 1986, p. 149.
- ^ a b c d e Miller & Schulz 2012, p. 522.
Sources
- 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 (2012). Gauleiter: The Regional Leaders of the Nazi Party and Their Deputies, 1925-1945. Vol. I (Herbert Albrecht - H. Wilhelm Hüttmann). R. James Bender Publishing. ISBN 978-1-932970-21-0.