Adolf Marx (politician)

Adolf Marx

Adolf Marx (born January 21, 1898 in Cologne , † July 22, 1977 in Mechernich ) was a German politician ( NSDAP ). In 1933 he was a member of the Prussian state parliament and from November 1933 to 1936 a member of the Reichstag .

Life

Marx attended secondary school and then completed an apprenticeship as a locksmith and mechanical engineer in his father's company. He took part in the First World War and studied two semesters at a mechanical engineering school. He then worked as a locksmith in Cologne-Müngersdorf. In 1929 he joined the NSDAP with membership number 123.356.

After the transfer of power to the National Socialists, Marx was represented in the Prussian state parliament in 1933 and was also a city councilor in Cologne . From November 1933 to 1936 he represented constituency 20 (Cologne-Aachen) in the German Reichstag . He was also appointed SS-Sturmbannführer in 1933 and from April 1, 1933 to January 31, 1934 was the leader of the 58th SS Standard in Cologne. In the summer of 1933 Marx had his office in the "Brown House" in Cologne's Mozartstrasse, the seat of various party offices. In the same building, his SS standard maintained a place of detention and torture, which Marx regularly inspected.

literature

• Joachim Lilla , Martin Döring, Andreas Schulz: extras in uniform: the members of the Reichstag 1933–1945. A biographical manual. Including the Volkish and National Socialist members of the Reichstag from May 1924 . Droste, Düsseldorf 2004, ISBN 3-7700-5254-4 , p. 403 .

Web links

• Adolf Marx in the database of members of the Reichstag

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Thomas Roth: Early detention and torture sites in Cologne 1933/34. In: Jan Erik Schulte (Ed.): Concentration camps in the Rhineland and in Westphalia 1933–1945. Central control and regional initiative. Schöningh, Paderborn 2005, ISBN 3-506-71743-X , pp. 3–24, here p. 12.