Alfred Krüger (politician)

Alfred Krüger (born August 22, 1904 in Uelzen ; † May 15, 1992 , ibid) was a Lower Saxony politician ( CDU ) and a member of the Lower Saxony state parliament .

Life

After elementary school, Krüger attended a secondary school and graduated from secondary school here . After graduating from school, he began an apprenticeship as a textile merchant. After this apprenticeship, he started working as a commercial clerk. Later he began an apprenticeship as a craftsman and worked as a journeyman after graduating. Krüger passed the master craftsman examination and took over the father's business. He was a member of the NSDAP since May 1, 1933 ( membership number 2.624.026). From May 15, 1933 to 1945 he was a member of the SA , where he achieved the rank of Obersturmführer. From June 16, 1938 to September 12, 1939, he worked full-time as a clerk for personnel and sports for the SA Group Lower Saxony. From 1937 to 1938 he was in the DAF , from 1933 to 1945 in the NSV and from 1934 to 1945 in the NS-Reichsbund für physical exercises .

During the Second World War he was a soldier in military service from September 12, 1939 to 1945 (participation in the Weser Exercise Company , deployment in Finland and during the occupation of Norway and Croatia ) and most recently held the rank of first lieutenant and company commander. He was awarded the War Merit Cross, Class II (April 20, 1942) and Class I (April 20, 1943).

The military government denazified him on October 4, 1947, initially in Category III; the denazification appeal committee Lüneburg classified him on December 15, 1948 in Category IV as a supporter of National Socialism.

In 1954 he became a district master craftsman. Krüger was also a member of the general assembly of the Chamber of Crafts Lüneburg-Stade. He was elected to the City Council of Uelzen in 1952. He also became a member of the district council in 1956. In 1964 he became mayor of the city of Uelzen.

He was first elected in the fourth electoral term to be a member of the Lower Saxony State Parliament from May 6, 1959 to May 5, 1963. He was re-elected in the sixth and seventh electoral terms from June 6, 1967 to June 20, 1974.

literature

• Stephan A. Glienke: The Nazi past of a later member of the Lower Saxony state parliament . Final report on a project of the Historical Commission for Lower Saxony and Bremen on behalf of the Lower Saxony State Parliament. Published by the President of the Lower Saxony State Parliament. Revised reprint of the first edition. Hannover 2012, p. 174f ( online as PDF) .
• Barbara Simon : Member of Parliament in Lower Saxony 1946–1994. Biographical manual. Edited by the President of the Lower Saxony State Parliament. Lower Saxony State Parliament, Hanover 1996, p. 216.

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Hans-Peter Klausch : On the Nazi past of Lower Saxony state parliament members in the post-war period (PDF; 1.8 MB) p. 20.