Balthasar Brandmayer

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Balthasar Brandmayer (born September 15, 1892 in Götting near Bad Aibling, † January 23, 1960 in Putzbrunn near Munich ) was a companion of Adolf Hitler during the First World War . Brandmayer was best known for his memory book "Zwei Meldegänger" from 1932, in which he reports on his shared war experiences with Hitler.

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After attending elementary school and an apprenticeship as a bricklayer, Brandmayer took part in World War I from November 1914, where he served as regimental orderly from May 1915 ( reporter to the regimental staff ). From that time until he was wounded in May 1918, Brandmayer worked closely with Hitler. After his discharge from the Reichswehr in October 1918, he worked as a bricklayer in Bruckmühl .

Together with the publisher Heinz Bayer, Brandmayer wrote a book in 1932 about their shared experiences with Hitler during the war. On February 1, 1932, Brandmayer joined the NSDAP , in 1934 he was employed by the Deutsche Reichsbahn as a former comrade in the war and, from 1935, by the regional president for Upper Bavaria. In a letter dated October 19, 1939 from the Chancellery of the Führer of the NSDAP it was stated that, "Brandmayer (...) is one of the few who are allowed to use the comradely" you "with the Führer."

In 1937 Hitler gave Brandmayer 5,000 Reichsmarks (according to today's purchasing power, adjusted for inflation: approx. 21,700 EUR) "to clarify his entire economic situation". From April 1940 Brandmayer was employed as an official at a district welfare office in Munich until May 1945. After 1945 he worked again as a bricklayer in Munich.

expenditure

  • Two reporters. Bayer, Bruckmühl 1932. 119 pp.
  • Reporter Hitler. Experienced and told by Balthasar Brandmayer, communicated by Heinz Bayer. 2nd, improved edition, Buchverlag Franz Walter, Munich 1933. 117 pp.
  • With Hitler. Reporters 1914-18. 9th edition F. Walter, Überlingen 1940. 92 pp.

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personal data
SURNAME Brandmayer, Balthasar
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German soldier
DATE OF BIRTH September 15, 1892
PLACE OF BIRTH Götting near Bad Aibling
DATE OF DEATH January 23, 1960
Place of death Putzbrunn near Munich