Curt Loeffelholz from Colberg

Curt Loeffelholz from Colberg

Curt Freiherr Loeffelholz von Colberg (born September 27, 1874 in Ansbach , † April 1, 1945 in Marquartstein ) was a German politician ( NSDAP ).

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After attending elementary school , humanistic grammar schools in Ansbach and Schwäbisch Hall and the Luitpold grammar school in Munich , Colberg joined the Bavarian Army : in 1894 he was an aspiring officer in the infantry body regiment in Munich. In 1895 he was appointed portepee ensign and in 1896 as lieutenant . In 1897 he was transferred to the 20th Infantry Regiment "Prinz Franz" , to which he belonged for two years, until in 1899 he was transferred to the 1st Kurhessian Infantry Regiment No. 81 in Frankfurt am Main . From 1901 to 1906 he worked there as a battalion and regimental adjutant . After Colberg had already attended the Munich War School , he was promoted to first lieutenant in 1906 and sent to the Prussian War Academy in Berlin in the same year , where he was trained until 1909. From 1910 to 1913 Colberg was active in the General Staff . In 1913 he was transferred as a captain and company commander to the Fusilier Regiment "Queen" (Schleswig-Holsteinisches) No. 86 in Flensburg .

At the First World War Colberg initially took part of this regiment as a company commander. He was later employed as an orderly officer with the district chief Dinant , as an officer in the Deputy General Staff in Berlin and subsequently as a battalion commander in the 84th, 76th and 31st Reserve Infantry Brigade. In this capacity he was seriously wounded off Arras in October 1917 . After his recovery he was adjutant of the General Command of the IX until the end of the war . Reserve Corps . On December 18, 1918, he retired from the army with the rank of major . The awards he had earned during the war included the Iron Cross of both classes, the Military Merit Cross (Mecklenburg) of both classes, the Friedrich August Cross , the Hamburg, Bremen and Lübeck Hanseatic Crosses , the Cross of Honor of the Princely House Order of Hohenzollern and the Badge for Wounded .

In 1919 Colberg joined the Völkisch movement . From 1920 to 1923 he was Chief of Staff of the Great Organization of Colonel Hoffmann in Passau . During the Hitler putsch , he said he was ready in Lower Bavaria to join the putsch beyond Bavaria after the expected spread of the coup . From 1924 to 1927 Colberg was a member of the Order Council of the German Legion of Honor.

In 1924 Colberg joined the National Socialist freedom movement in Bavaria. After the regular NSDAP was re-established in 1925, he also joined it. In the following years he was involved as a speaker for the party in public meetings. In addition there were contributions as an author for National Socialist newspapers such as the Völkischer Beobachter , the Heimatland and the Arminius .

From 1929 to 1930 Colberg, who studied medicine at the University of Munich from 1927 to 1933 , was the first chairman of the Reich Association of Academic War Participants. He also sat on the board of the Greater German Student Union (Langemarck Association).

On April 1, 1933 Colberg was appointed leader in the labor service. On November 1, 1933, he was appointed head of the personnel office of the Reichsleitung des Arbeitsdienst in the Reichsarbeitsministerium . In 1935 he was transferred to the Reich Labor Service as Reich Labor Service Director and appointed General Labor Leader that same year. On April 1, 1937, he was finally appointed inspector for all human resources of the Reich Labor Service. With the rank of chief general labor leader Colberg retired on November 30, 1939 due to old age from the Reich Labor Service.

Colberg entered the National Socialist Reichstag on November 19, 1938 in the replacement procedure for the MP Franz Stöhr , to which he belonged until his death in 1945 as a representative of constituency 11 (Merseburg). In addition, he was appointed to the Fuehrer's office in mid-January 1940 and was a member of the People's Court from the beginning of April 1940 .

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. 380
• Erich Stockhorst: 5000 people. Who was what in the 3rd Reich . Arndt, Kiel 2000, ISBN 3-88741-116-1 (unchanged reprint of the first edition from 1967).

Web links

• Curt Loeffelholz von Colberg in the database of members of the Reichstag