Arno Manthey
Arno Manthey (born September 6, 1888 in Schubin , † September 12, 1941 on the road from Salla to Alakurtti, Finland ) was a German politician ( NSDAP ) and SA-Obergruppenführer .
Live and act
Manthey attended elementary school in Schubin and took Latin lessons at the city's Jewish school. He left the grammar school in Bromberg with the primary school ; afterwards Manthey learned the trade of farmer. In 1911 he took over his father's farm; 1912 a hotel in Schubin. From 1914 to 1918 he took part in the First World War, in which he achieved the rank of officer .
After his return from the war, Manthey organized a free corps belonging to the Border Guard Battalion III in January 1919 , which fought against similar groups from Poland in the Schubin- Bromberg area - to which the German Reich and the newly founded Polish state were equally claiming at the time . A book published in 1941 claims that Manthey distinguished himself so much in these disputes that the Polish side put a high bounty on him. After 1920 Manthey worked as a cloth traveler, potato trader and log truck driver before leasing a farm in Gursen in the Flatow district .
Manthey was a member of the German National Freedom Movement (DVFB) and the Stahlhelm . On October 1, 1930 he became a member of the NSDAP and the SA . As SA Oberführer from July 1932 he headed the SA sub-group Grenzland. In October 1932 he became President of the Chamber of Agriculture for the Posen-West Prussia border region . He was also a member of the provincial parliament of the province of Brandenburg .
After the transfer of power to the National Socialists, Manthey received a mandate in the insignificant National Socialist Reichstag in November 1933 , in which he represented constituency 5 ( Frankfurt an der Oder ). In the SA, Manthey took over the leadership of the SA group Ostmark in Frankfurt an der Oder after the so-called Röhm Putsch in July 1934. In addition, he acted as President of the Reich Association for Dogs .
In World War II Manthey was established in September 1939 Wehrmacht confiscated. Most recently he was in command of a battalion with the rank of captain of the reserve . Manthey died in combat operations in Finland during the Continuation War . For him moved Oluf Christensen according to the Reichstag.
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. 399 .
Individual evidence
- ^ Franz Lüdtke: A Millennium War between Germany and Poland , 1941, p. 165.
Web links
- Arno Manthey in the database of members of the Reichstag
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Manthey, Arno |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German politician (NSDAP), MdR |
| DATE OF BIRTH | September 6, 1888 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Schubin |
| DATE OF DEATH | September 12, 1941 |
| Place of death | at Salla |