Arthur Höltermann

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Arthur Ernst Höltermann (* 1906 in Pirmasens ; † 1981 ) was a German politician ( SPD ) and State Secretary in Bavaria in the Ehard I cabinet .

Arthur Höltermann completed an apprenticeship as an electrician at Siemens-Schuckert-Werke in Nuremberg from 1920 to 1924. Then he went independent and formed part-time at the Technical University Dresden continued. From 1928 to 1931 he worked as a technical consultant for Swiss food companies. He then opened his own engineering office, but was also employed as an engineer in the meantime.

He had been a member of the SPD since 1924. After the Second World War, he was involved in the reorganization of the city administration in Nuremberg as a senior building officer and headed the transport department. In 1946 he moved to the Bavarian State Ministry for Special Tasks , initially as Ministerial Director, then until May 1947 as State Secretary. The ministry had responsibilities in the area of ​​denazification. Höltermann resigned from office in connection with disagreements about the procedure pursued by Minister Alfred Loritz . After that, Höltermann served as state commissioner for the fuel supply (coal) at the State Ministry of Economics until 1950. Then he returned to the private sector.

Arthur Höltermann was the younger brother of the Reichstag member Karl Höltermann .

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  1. Willy Albrecht (Ed.): The SPD under Kurt Schumacher and Erich Ollenhauer 1946 to 1963. Minutes of the meetings of the top committees. Volume 1: 1946-1948. Dietz, Bonn 1999, ISBN 978-3-801-24101-8 , p. 118.