Claus von Platen

Claus Benno Hans Christian von Platen (born May 23, 1891 in Koblenz , † October 10, 1964 in Bordesholm ) was a German farmer and politician (NSDAP).

Live and act

Claus von Platen was born the son of a manor owner. After attending elementary school and a humanistic grammar school in Koblenz, he was trained in the Kadettenhaus Karlsruhe and at the Hauptkadettenanstalt Lichterfelde near Berlin . Then belonged to the Dragoon Regiment No. 2 and the Jäger Regiment on Horses No. 10 .

From 1914 to 1918 Platen took part in the First World War, in which he was used on both the western and eastern fronts. During his temporary membership in the air force , he was seriously injured in a plane crash. As an orderly officer and adjutant of the 33rd Infantry Division , he fought off Verdun . After the war, von Platen belonged to the border guards in the Odenwald and an East Prussian free corps . In the army of the Weimar Republic, Platen was regimental adjutant from 1920 and later squadron chief in cavalry regiment No. 2 in Allenstein.

From the Reichswehr different Platen in 1926 with the rank of captain out to the manor of his parents in Raschung in Warmia circle Rößel to take over. In the same year he married; He was also an assessor in the Raschung community council. At an unknown point in time, Platen joined the NSDAP and also became a member of the SA .

In the Reichstag elections of March 1933 Platen was 1 (East Prussia) as a candidate of the Nazi Party for the constituency in the parliament elected. After his re-election in November 1933 , he was a member of the National Socialist Reichstag until March 1936. The most important parliamentary event in which von Platen took part during his time as a member of parliament was the passing of the Enabling Act , which was also passed with his vote .

In the SA, Platen led the SA sub-group Masuria between April and September 1933 and then took on the role of group rider leader in SA-Obergruppe I in Königsberg with the rank of SA Oberführer . In February 1934 he became military policy advisor to this SA formation; he held this office until October 1935.

Individual evidence

↑ Lilla, extras , p. 469. According to information in older literature, died 1953 at Gut Brenneckenbrück , see Martin Schumacher (ed.): Md R. The Reichstag members of the Weimar Republic in the time of National Socialism. Political persecution, emigration and expatriation 1933-1945. Droste-Verlag, Düsseldorf 1991, ISBN 3-7700-5162-9 , p. 439.

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. 469 .

Web links

Claus von Platen in the database of members of the Reichstag

personal data
SURNAME	Platen, Claus von
ALTERNATIVE NAMES	Platen, Claus Benno Hans Christian from
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	German farmer and politician (NSDAP), MdR
DATE OF BIRTH	May 23, 1891
PLACE OF BIRTH	Koblenz
DATE OF DEATH	October 10, 1964
Place of death	Bordesholm

[1] Lilla, extras , p. 469. According to information in older literature, died 1953 at Gut Brenneckenbrück , see Martin Schumacher (ed.): Md R. The Reichstag members of the Weimar Republic in the time of National Socialism. Political persecution, emigration and expatriation 1933-1945. Droste-Verlag, Düsseldorf 1991, ISBN 3-7700-5162-9 , p. 439.