Alois Braun (resistance fighter)

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Alois Braun (born June 9, 1892 in Freising ; † December 16, 1963 ) was a German politician, senior government councilor and member of the Bavarian freedom campaign .

Life

Until 1945

Alois Braun was born in Freising as the son of a blacksmith and a trader and from 1910 worked as a primary school teacher in Freising. In 1916 he married Regina Nusser, with whom he had 6 children. After his service in the First World War , Braun was dismissed as first lieutenant . In the following years he was an elementary school teacher in Schrobenhausen and Pfaffenhofen. In 1930 the family moved back to Freising. As a devout Catholic, he refused to join the NSDAP . Until 1933 he was a member of the Bavarian People's Party (BVP). Denounced by a student in 1933 he was held in protective custody for 4 daystaken. To avoid further political pressure, he joined the Wehrmacht in 1938 .

Freedom campaign Bavaria

Towards the end of the Second World War, Braun was head of Panzer-Ersatz -teilung 17, which was stationed in Freising. In April 1945 he was contacted by Robert von Werz and thus established connections with the Bavarian freedom campaign . He chose the vacant Haidberghof north of Freising as a base for his actions . On the night of April 27th to 28th, his men occupied the Ismaning transmitter , but had to give it up again in the course of the morning because SS units were approaching. The Reich governor Franz Ritter von Epp , who was brought to the Haidberghof , could not be won over to Bavaria's freedom campaign. The uprising had failed. After the end of the war, Braun was briefly in American captivity.

After the Second World War

In September 1945 he was appointed by the Americans to the higher government council in the Bavarian Ministry of Culture and in 1947 appointed by the Minister of Education, Alois Hundhammer ( CSU ), to the position of government director. During the reign of the SPD ( Cabinet Hoegner II ) there were discussions about the rapid rise of Braun (and others) during the years after the Second World War.

In 1957, Braun resisted the retirement by the non-party Minister of Education , August Rucker . Despite reaching the retirement age of 65, Braun wanted to stay in office because he was of the opinion that between 1933 and 1945 he should be granted compensation in the form of a later retirement. This was possible in accordance with Article 3 of the law amending the Bavarian Civil Service Act of December 5, 1956:

Civil servants and judges who, according to the law regulating the reparation of National Socialist injustices for members of the public service, are entitled to reparation, will not retire on their application until the end of the month in which they reach the age of 68.

He was involved in the care of war graves and was elected chairman of the Bavarian State Association in 1947. He was one of the co-founders of the Freising CSU and from 1948 to 1956 its local chairman. Alois Braun died on December 16, 1963. The Major-Braun-Weg was named after him in the residential area that arose in Freising on the site of the Vimy barracks .

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personal data
SURNAME Braun, Alois
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German politician, senior government councilor and member of the Bavarian freedom campaign
DATE OF BIRTH June 9, 1892
PLACE OF BIRTH Freising
DATE OF DEATH December 16, 1963