Siegfried Uiberreither
Sigfried Uberreither | |
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Reichsgau Styria | |
In office 24 May 1938 – 8 May 1945 | |
Appointed by | Adolf Hitler |
Deputy | Tobias Portschy |
Preceded by | Position created |
Succeeded by | Position abolished |
Reichsstatthalter of Reichsgau Styria | |
In office 1 April 1940 – 8 May 1945 | |
Appointed by | Adolf Hitler |
Preceded by | Position created |
Succeeded by | Position abolished |
Landeshauptmann of Styria | |
In office 9 June 1938 – 1 April 1940 | |
Preceded by | Sepp Helfrich |
Succeeded by | Position abolished |
Personal details | |
Born | Sigfried Josef Überreither 29 March 1908 Deutsche Nationalsozialistische Arbeiterpartei |
Spouse |
Käte Wegener (m. 1939) |
Relations | Alfred Wegener (father-in-law) |
Children | 4 |
Alma mater | University of Graz |
Occupation | Health Insurance Executive |
Profession | Lawyer |
Civilian awards | Golden Party Badge |
Military service | |
Allegiance | Nazi Germany |
Branch/service | German Army (1935–1945) |
Years of service | 1939–1940 |
Rank | Leutnant |
Unit | 3rd Mountain Division |
Battles/wars | Invasion of Norway |
Military awards | Iron Cross, 2nd class War Merit Cross, 1st and 2nd class |
Siegfried Uiberreither (29 March 1908 – 29 December 1984) was an Austrian
Early life
Born in
Career after the Anschluss
Following Austria's Anschluss with Nazi Germany on 12 March 1938, Uiberreither was promoted to SA-Brigadeführer and was named Acting Police President for Graz. On 10 April he was elected to the Reichstag. On 24 May 1938, Adolf Hitler appointed him Gauleiter of Gau Styria. Additionally, on 9 June he was named Landeshauptmann of Styria, thus uniting under his control the highest party and governmental offices in his jurisdiction. On 1 October 1938, Uiberreither officially joined the Nazi Party with membership number 6,102,560. On 9 November of the same year, he was advanced to the rank of SA-Gruppenführer.[3]
In May 1939 Uiberreither married Käte Wegener (1918–2012), the daughter of Alfred and Else Wegener. They had four sons. In October 1939 he entered military service as a mountain trooper (Gebirgsjäger) with the 3rd Mountain Division and participated in the German landings in Norway. He was awarded the Iron Cross, 2nd class and the War Merit Cross, 1st and 2nd class. In July 1940, he was discharged from the Wehrmacht with the rank of Leutnant in the reserves.[4]
On 1 April 1940, a new more centralized administrative structure went into effect in Austria. The federal States were abolished and the country was divided into seven
In addition, the
On 30 January 1939, Uiberreither was awarded the
Postwar life
In May 1945, after the
References
- ^ Höffkes 1986, p. 351.
- ^ Miller & Schulz 2021, p. 482.
- ^ Höffkes 1986, pp. 351–352.
- ^ Miller & Schulz 2021, pp. 484, 493.
- ^ Broszat 1981, p. 124.
- ^ Miller & Schulz 2021, pp. 484–486.
- ^ Miller & Schulz 2021, p. 486.
- ^ Miller & Schulz 2021, p. 493.
- ^ Höffkes 1986, p. 352.
- ^ Miller & Schulz 2021, pp. 487–488.
- ^ Miller & Schulz 2021, pp. 490–493.
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.
- 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 (2021). Gauleiter: The Regional Leaders of the Nazi Party and Their Deputies, 1925–1945. Vol. 3 (Fritz Sauckel - Hans Zimmermann). Fonthill Media. ISBN 978-1-781-55826-3.
External links
- Sworn statement from Siegfried Uiberreither in connection with the Nuremberg Trials, 27 February 1946
- Photos of Siegfried Uiberreither (skip down about 3/5 of page)
- Information about Siegfried Uiberreither in the Reichstag database