Walter Schultz (Gauleiter)
Walter Schultz, Ph.D. | |
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Hesse-Nassau South | |
In office 22 September 1926 – 1 October 1926 | |
Preceded by | Anton Haselmayer |
Succeeded by | Karl Linder |
Landrat (District Administrator) Landkreis Kassel | |
In office 23 July 1934 – 28 April 1937 | |
Landrat (District Administrator) Landkreis Eschwege | |
In office 28 April 1937 – 8 May 1945 | |
Personal details | |
Born | 27 November 1874 National Socialist German Workers' Party (NSDAP) |
Alma mater | University of Marburg |
Profession | Teacher |
Military service | |
Allegiance | German Empire |
Branch/service | Imperial German Army |
Years of service | 1894–1897 1914–1918 |
Rank | Oberleutnant |
Unit | Baden Pioneer Battalions #14 and #19 |
Battles/wars | World War I |
Awards | Iron Cross, 1st class and 2nd class |
Walter Schultz (27 November 1874 – 8 August 1953) was an official of the Nazi Party who served as the Party Gauleiter in Hesse-Nassau, as well as in several governmental posts.
Early life
Schultz was born the son of a farmer in Lautenburg in
Schultz returned to active military service as an Oberleutnant in World War I. He served from 1914 to 1918, was wounded in action and received the Iron Cross, 1st and 2nd class. At the end of the war, he left the service with the rank of Hauptmann in the reserves. He resumed his teaching career at a gymnasium in Kassel. By 1924 he was a member of the Völkisch-Social Bloc, a right-wing political alliance. He then joined the National Socialist Freedom Movement, a front organization set up when the Nazi Party was outlawed in the wake of the Beer Hall Putsch.[3]
Nazi Party career
In April 1925, after the ban on the Nazi Party had been lifted, Schultz organized the Party in the Prussian Province of Hesse-Nassau and was made Gauleiter with his capital in Kassel. On 22 May 1925 he was formally enrolled in the Party (membership number 5,767). In September 1925, he became a member of the National Socialist Working Association, a short-lived group of northern and western German Gauleiters, organized and led by Gregor Strasser, which unsuccessfully sought to amend the Party program. It was dissolved in 1926 following the Bamberg Conference.[4]
At the end of 1925, Schultz's large Gau was divided into two parts. He retained the leadership of
In April 1929 Schultz was promoted to Oberstudienrat (Senior Teacher). Over the next few years, he was twice prosecuted for Nazi political activity. From November 1929 to March 1933, he was the Municipal Delegate to the Landkreis Kassel. In March 1933, he was elected as a deputy to the Kreistag (District Council) of Landkreis Kassel, and was named First District Deputy. From October 1934 until April 1937 he sat on the Provinzialrat (Provincial Council) for the Province of Hesse-Nassau.[1] In addition, Schultz served in an executive capacity as the Landrat (District Administrator) in Landkreis Kassel from July 1934 to April 1937,[7] and in Landkreis Eschwege from April 1937 to May 1945.[4]
In addition to his government posts, Schultz remained active in the Party organization, becoming the leader of the Municipal Politics Office in
References
- ^ a b c d "Hessische Biografie : Erweiterte Suche : LAGIS Hessen". www.lagis-hessen.de. Retrieved 2021-08-04.
- ^ Miller & Schulz 2021, p. 227.
- ^ Miller & Schulz 2021, pp. 227–228.
- ^ a b c d Miller & Schulz 2021, p. 228.
- ^ "Gauensdap". hubert-herald.nl. Retrieved 2021-08-04.
- ^ Miller, Michael; Schulz, Andreas (2021-07-11). Gauleiter: The Regional Leaders of the Nazi Party and Their Deputies, Volume 3. Fonthill Media.
- ^ "Karte Landkreis Kassel". www.unser-stadtplan.de. Retrieved 2021-08-04.
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. 1 (Herbert Albrecht - H. Wilhelm Hüttmann). R. James Bender Publishing. ISBN 978-1-932970-21-0.
- Miller, Michael D.; Schulz, Andreas (2021). Gauleiter: The Regional Leaders of the Nazi Party and Their Deputies. Vol. 3. Fonthill Media. ISBN 978-1-781-55826-3.
- Orlow, Dietrich (1969). The History of the Nazi Party: 1919-1933. University of Pittsburgh Press. ISBN 0-8229-3183-4.