Wilhelm Schepmann
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Wilhelm Schepmann (17 June 1894 – 26 July 1970) was an SA general in Nazi Germany and the last Stabschef (Chief of Staff) of the original Nazi paramilitary branch, the SA.
Schepmann was an
Early life
Wilhelm Schepmann was born June 1894 in the German city of Hattingen. After attending the Gymnasium (secondary school), Wilhelm Schepmann completed the teacher’s seminar and then worked as a teacher in Hattingen. He served in the
Political career
Schepmann joined the Nazi Party (NSDAP) (No. 26.762) in 1925. Together with Viktor Lutze, he organized the formation of the SA in the Ruhr area and as early as 1928 he was a local Party leader. At the same time, he worked as an NSDAP city councillor and as an SA leader in Hattingen where he contributed significantly to making the city one of the strongholds of the Nazis in the Ruhr area. From 1932 to 1933 Schepmann was a member of the Prussian Landtag and from November 1933 a member of the Reichstag.
He worked as a leader of the SA subgroup Westphalia-South in the rank of SA superintendent. From November 1932 he took over the leadership of the SA Group Westfalen. In February 1933 he was appointed police president of Dortmund. On 1 April 1934 he became the leader of the SA Group X (Niederrhein and Westphalia). In the wake of the Night of the Long Knives, Schepmann took over the leadership of the SA Group in Saxony from November 1934 onwards.
In March 1936 Schepmann was commissioned to manage the position of the Kreishauptmann (district governor) of Dresden-Bautzen and received the appointment as district governor three months later. Subsequently, until August 1943, Schepmann served as the President of the Dresden-Bautzen district.[citation needed]
After Viktor Lutze died from injuries sustained in a car crash on 2 May 1943, Max Jüttner took over the interim position of SA Chief of Staff. In August 1943 Schepmann became the Chief of Staff of the SA, although his promotion was not supported by all Party leaders.[4] He held this position until the end of the war in Europe.
Sturmabteilung leader
Schepmann began working to restore the morale and the esteem of the SA. He managed to have units in the army (
Post-war
After the end of the war in Europe, Schepmann lived under an assumed name ("Schumacher") in
Schepmann wanted to pursue his previous work as a teacher again, but this was refused by the Lower Saxony Ministry of Education. Nevertheless, in 1952, Schepmann was elected to the district council and to the municipal council via the BHE list in the county of Gifhorn. In 1956 he became honorary deputy mayor of Gifhorn. His re-election in 1961, however, resulted in a public outcry and Schepmann resigned from office.
Schepmann became involved in the
Death
Wilhelm Schepmman died on 26 July 1970 in Gifhorn.[8]
Decorations and awards
- 1914 Iron Cross 2nd class[9]
- Kreuz für treue Dienste (Schaumburg-Lippe), 1917[9]
- 1918 Wound Badge in Black, 1918[10]
- Nuremberg Party Day Badge, 1929[10]
- Honour Chevron for the Old Guard, February 1934[9]
- The Honour Cross of the World War 1914/1918 with Swords, 1934[10]
- Anschluss Medal, 1938[10]
- Sudetenland Medal, 1939[10]
- 1939 Clasp to the Iron Cross 2nd Class, 1940[10]
- 1939 Iron Cross 1st Class, 1940[9]
References
Citations
- ^ McNab, Chris. Hitler's Elite: The SS 1939–45, Osprey Publishing, 2013, pp. 20–22.
- ^ "The Sturmabteilung or SA". History Learning Site. Retrieved 22 September 2013.
- ^ Miller 2015, pp. 234, 235.
- ISBN 9780982491195.
- Beyond Eagle and Swastika: German Nationalism Since 1945, Volume 1, Wesleyan University Press, 1967, p. 806
- ^ GERMANY: A Much-Perplexed People from Time, Monday, Nov. 24, 1952
- ^ Nicholas Goodrick-Clarke, Black Sun: Aryan Cults, Esoteric Nazism and the Politics of Identity, NYU Press, 2003, p. 163
- ^ "Wir sind Hattinger: Wilhelm Schepmann". 23 March 2017.
- ^ a b c d Miller 2015, p. 234.
- ^ a b c d e f Miller 2015, p. 235.
Bibliography
- Miller, Michael (2015). Leaders Of The Storm Troops Volume 1. England: Helion & Company. ISBN 978-1-909982-87-1.