Ludwig Steeg
Ludwig Steeg (born December 22, 1894 in Ottweiler ; † September 6, 1945 ) was a German politician of the NSDAP and, initially only executive, from 1940 until the end of the Nazi dictatorship in May 1945, Lord Mayor of Greater Berlin .
Life
After the outbreak of World War I , he served in the infantry and became a lieutenant in the reserve . From August 1919 he worked in the Berlin administration and was responsible, among other things, as an inspector for city cleaning and haulage. Soon after joining the NSDAP in 1933 ( membership number 1.485.884) he became deputy to State Commissioner Julius Lippert and was a member of his commissioner until 1937. In April of the same year he was appointed mayor of Greater Berlin, but was mostly in the shadow of the Berlin Nazi Gauleiter and Propaganda Minister Joseph Goebbels . After Lippert's resignation in July 1940, Steeg took over the business of the mayor and also temporarily administered the office of mayor.
With the SS (SS-No. 127.531) he reached the rank of SS-Brigade Leader at the end of January 1943 .
In February 1945 Steeg was appointed Lord Mayor and held this office until the end of the Battle of Berlin . Arthur Werner was his successor . Steeg died as a civilian internee at the age of 50 in a Soviet prison camp.
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| SURNAME | Steeg, Ludwig |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German National Socialist politician, Lord Mayor of Berlin |
| DATE OF BIRTH | December 22, 1894 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Ottweiler |
| DATE OF DEATH | September 6, 1945 |