Alfred Eckart

Alfred Eckart

Alfred Eckart (born June 12, 1901 in Dölau ; † June 14, 1940 at Le Boisson ) was a German politician ( NSDAP ) and SA leader .

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After attending a humanistic grammar school in Greiz from 1906 to 1916, he was trained at a commercial college in Plauen from 1916 to 1918 . In the spring of 1918 he signed up as a war volunteer for the 96th Infantry Regiment during World War I. After the war he joined the Eulenburg Freikorps , with which he participated in the German-Polish border battles of 1919 and the suppression of the communist uprisings in the Ruhr Area involved in 1920. He then completed a commercial apprenticeship in Düsseldorf in order to then work as a travel agent for large companies in the branded goods industry.

Eckart has been a full-time SA leader since 1933. Until September 14, 1933, he assumed the duties of an adjutant in the SA sub-group Thuringia East, which was reclassified from September 15, 1933 as part of the restructuring of the entire SA to SA Brigade 41 "Thuringia East". After Eckart continued to perform the duties of an adjutant of this brigade until the end of the year, he was from the beginning of 1934 to May 1935, from April 20, 1934 in the rank of Standartenführer, staff leader of the 41st Brigade. From August 1, 1935 to November 30th In 1936 Eckart was entrusted with the command of the SA Brigade 43 "Thuringia-South" based in Rudolstadt . On December 1, 1936, he was assigned to the staff of the SA Group Westmark, where he held the position of training officer until September 30, 1937. On October 1, 1937, Eckart was appointed head of the leadership office of the SA Group Thuringia and in this position was promoted to SA Oberführer with effect from November 9, 1937. From August 1, 1938 to June 14, 1940 he was (initially commissioned until May 1, 1939) leader of SA Brigade 42, based in Erfurt .

From March 1936 until his death in 1940 Eckart was a member of the National Socialist Reichstag for constituency 12 (Thuringia) . His mandate was then continued by Paul Vollrath until the end of the war .

Eckart fell as Lieutenant d. R. in June 1940 as a participant in the Second World War during the western campaign in combat operations in France .

literature

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

Web links

• Alfred Eckart in the database of members of the Reichstag