Walter Maass
Walter Maass | |
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Deputy Gauleiter and Acting Gauleiter Free City of Danzig | |
In office 20 August 1928 – 1 March 1929 | |
Preceded by | Hans Albert Hohnfeldt |
Succeeded by | Erich Koch |
Member of the Volkstag Free City of Danzig | |
In office 16 November 1930 – 1 September 1939 | |
Personal details | |
Born | Walter Gustav Julius Maass Province of Pomerania, Kingdom of Prussia, German Empire |
Died | unknown |
Political party | Nazi Party (NSDAP) |
Other political affiliations | German Social Party |
Profession | Civil Servant |
Military service | |
Allegiance | Weimar Republic |
Branch/service | Reichswehr |
Years of service | 1919–1920 |
Rank | Gefreiter |
Unit | Artillery Regiment 2 |
Walter Gustav Julius Maass (30 August 1901 – ) was a Nazi Party politician who served briefly as the Deputy Gauleiter and Acting Gauleiter in the Free City of Danzig. He was also a member of the Schutzstaffel (SS) throughout the Nazi regime.
Early years
Born in Kordeshagen (today,
Drawn to right-wing politics, in July 1921 he joined the
Nazi Party career in Danzig
Maass joined the Nazi Party on 2 November 1925 (membership number 21,821) after the ban on it was lifted. As an early member, he would later be awarded the
On 16 November 1930, Maass was elected to the Danzig Volkstag (parliament) where he would serve until its dissolution on 1 September 1939 when Danzig was annexed by Nazi Germany. During an SA street demonstration in October 1931, Maass was severely injured when he was struck in the head by a hatchet, requiring the insertion of a metal plate in his skull. On 15 March 1933, Maass was dismissed from his position in the Customs Office for his part in a violent demonstration that resulted in breaking the windows at the Social Democratic newspaper, Danziger Volksstimme. He then served for a time as a clerical employee of the Volkstag until 1 November 1933 when, having passed the necessary examination, he became a Volkstag Obersekretär (Senior Secretary).[3]
SS career
In addition to his political career, Maass was a long-serving member of the
On 1 May 1940, Maass was assigned to the SS-
References
- ^ Eastern Prussian Provinces, Germany [Poland], Selected Civil Vitals, 1874–1945
- ^ a b Miller & Schulz 2017, p. 280.
- ^ a b c Miller & Schulz 2017, p. 281.
- ^ Miller & Schulz 2017, pp. 280–281.
Sources
- Miller, Michael D.; Schulz, Andreas (2017). Gauleiter: The Regional Leaders of the Nazi Party and Their Deputies, 1925-1945. Vol. 2 (Georg Joel - Dr. Bernhard Rust). R. James Bender Publishing. ISBN 978-1-932970-32-6.