Alfred Rieger

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Alfred Rieger (born October 18, 1907 in Brostau, Glogau district , † April 9, 1990 in Düsseldorf ) was a German politician of the FDP who was previously active as a party functionary of the NSDAP during the National Socialist era . From 1961 to 1970 he was a member of the state parliament of North Rhine-Westphalia .

Life

After elementary school, Alfred Rieger attended business school, later he continued his education at an evening college and the administration academy. Rieger joined the NSDAP on October 1, 1931, so he was considered an " old fighter " in the language of National Socialism . He was district leader of the NSDAP in Upper Silesia, from autumn 1938 to summer 1939 in Falkenberg , then until 1942 in Kreuzburg , then until 1945 in Groß Strehlitz OS. He had the NSDAP rank of main section leader , in December 1941 he was promoted to the NSDAP rank of division leader.

Rieger joined the FDP in 1948. In 1949 he became a consultant in the state office and from 1956 worked as chief executive of the FDP state association in North Rhine-Westphalia . Rieger was together with Walter Scheel and Wolfgang Döring , two of the so-called Young Turks of the FDP, a member of the Düsseldorf FDP district association. As managing director of the largest state association of the FDP, Rieger was a political organizer who was involved in the change of the coalition of the FDP in the North Rhine-Westphalian state parliament from the CDU to the SPD in 1956, which was also significant in terms of federal politics.

Rieger himself only moved into the state parliament later, he moved up to the North Rhine-Westphalian state parliament on October 2, 1961 during the current fourth electoral period. In the following state elections in 1962 and 1966, he was re-elected to the state parliament via the FDP state list. He was an MP from October 2, 1961 to July 25, 1970.

literature

  • Kruszewski, Tomasz: Partia Narodowosocjalistyczna na Śląsku w latach (NSDAP in Silesia in the years) 1933–1945, Breslau 1995. Quotation: Alfred Rieger Kreisleiter in Kreuzburg / OS from summer 1939–1942, before that from autumn 1938 in Falkenberg / OS, afterwards until 1945 in Groß Strehlitz / OS.
  • Kreuzburger Heimatnachrichten of the Kreuzburg OS district management. the NSDAP. 1941.12-1942
  • Annaberg-Wacht  : Greetings from home to the front; NSDAP Kreisleitg Groß-Strehlitz OS . 1943, Dec. - 1944.7
  • Armin Nolzen: Functionaries in a fascist party. The district leaders of the NSDAP 1932/33 to 1944/45. In: Till Kössler / Helke Stadtland (ed.): From the functioning of the functionaries. Political representation of interests and social integration in Germany after 1933, Essen 2004, pp. 37–75, ISBN 3-89861-266-X .
  • Kurt Hirsch: Are the Nazis coming back? 1967
  • Udo Leuschner: History of the FDP
  • Heimatkalender Kreis Kreuzburg, 1942, p. 31 - illustration of Alfred Rieger in uniform
  • Heimatkalender Kreis Kreuzburg, 1941, p. 32 Foreword by the district leader Alfred Rieger

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Michael Carlo Klepsch, 2009, ongoing and document part (PDF; 6.7 MB), p. 22 Information on NSDAP memberships, Alfred Rieger has not admitted his membership, the author states that he was NSDAP district leader in Kreuzburg / Upper Silesia , NSDAP membership no. 642192
  2. ^ Kruszewski, Tomasz: Partia Narodowosocjalistyczna na Śląsku w latach (NSDAP in Silesia in the years) 1933-1945, Breslau 1995.
  3. ^ Home calendar of the Falkenberg district 1939, p. 32: District leader: Pg. Alfred Rieger, Falkenberg OS.
  4. ^ Kruszewski, Tomasz: Partia Narodowosocjalistyczna na Śląsku w latach (NSDAP in Silesia in the years) 1933-1945, Breslau 1995.
  5. ↑ Source: NS party correspondence , Federal Archives (Germany) , Sign. PK O181: Evidence for the year 1941, in which he was promoted to head of department
  6. ^ Kruszewski, Tomasz: Partia Narodowosocjalistyczna na Śląsku w latach (NSDAP in Silesia in the years) 1933-1945, Breslau 1995.
  7. ^ Resident register for the Groß Strehlitz district, OS.1943, p. 3: NSDAP, NSDAP district offices, note: information on district manager, area manager Alfred Rieger
  8. ^ FDP-Düsseldorf: History of the district association , accessed by Burkhard Hirsch on February 27, 2010.
  9. ^ DNB at the Leipzig location.
  10. ^ DNB at the Leipzig location
  11. ↑ Quotation: "Managing Director in the NRW regional association of the FDP: Alfred Rieger, former NSDAP district leader (no location information)
  12. ^ History of the FDP by Udo Leuschner ., P. 12, 285, quote: Alfred Rieger chief executive of the FDP regional association North Rhine-Westphalia, who was a NSDAP district leader a little earlier (no location).

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personal data
SURNAME Rieger, Alfred
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German politician (FDP), MdL
DATE OF BIRTH October 18, 1907
PLACE OF BIRTH Brostau, Glogau district
DATE OF DEATH April 9, 1990
Place of death Dusseldorf