Curt von Ulrich
Curt Albert Paul von Ulrich (born April 14, 1876 in Fulda ; † February 2, 1946 in special camp No. 8 Torgau (Fort Zinna) ) was a German politician (NSDAP) , from 1934 to 1944 he was President of the Prussian Province of Saxony .
Life
Ulrich is the son of the Prussian major general Albert Ulrich (1836–1906), who was raised to the Prussian nobility in 1893. The father's job had an extraordinary influence on the young Ulrich and also made it necessary to constantly change his place of residence. After passing the Abitur, Ulrich joined the Grand Ducal Hessian Guard Dragoon Regiment No. 23 in Darmstadt in September 1894. After attending the War Academy, he came to the General Staff as Senior Adjutant. During the First World War he took part as a major in the staff, as regimental leader and quartermaster of the army high command. He was badly wounded, received several awards and was considered war damaged. In April 1920 he took his leave of the army as a lieutenant colonel as head of the settlement office of the 14th Hussar Regiment in Kassel .
On November 12, 1925, Ulrich joined the NSDAP and the SA after having left the steel helmet shortly before . From 1926 to 1928 he was Gau leader of the SA, SS and HJ in Hessen-Nassau-Nord, Hessen-Nassau-Süd and Nassau. From 1928 to 1930 he served as the deputy of the Supreme SA Leader in West Germany. From 1930 to 1933 Ulrich was General Inspector of the SA, SS and HJ for Germany and Austria. In Austria he was responsible for the supervision of the NSDAP and its branches.
In the Reichstag election in 1930 Ulrich was elected to the Reichstag for the first time and was able to defend the mandate in the free elections still to come. After the " seizure of power " he stayed in the now National Socialist Reichstag until the end of the war .
On September 29, 1933 Ulrich - since January 1, 1933, SA Obergruppenführer - took over the post of Oberpräsident of the Prussian Province of Saxony on October 16, provisionally and on December 1 . At the same time he was appointed to the Prussian State Council. As in Austria, he took this position - at the same time he was head of the SA training system of the SA group center and inspector general of the SA and SS - very seriously and was very committed. On his business trips across the province of Saxony, he sought contact with the population. He had her worries and needs presented to her, encouraged her to criticize, but also referred to her personal responsibility. Although Ulrich criticized the arbitrary and degenerate use of protective custody by the Gestapo , on the other hand he left no doubt about his National Socialist convictions. After a long period of illness, Ulrich was put into retirement in February 1944. On February 5, 1944, the high president's farewell ceremony took place in the ballroom of the Upper Presidium in Magdeburg . At this time Ulrich was SA-Obergruppenführer, Lieutenant Colonel ret. D., Prussian State Councilor, member of the Reichstag and holder of the golden badge of honor of the NSDAP. Ulrich retired from active service in 1944 with the words: “We are all certain of victory. It is very difficult for me that I can no longer experience him in my office! ”In autumn 1944 he moved to Wernigerode . On April 18, 1945, he was arrested there by the Western Allies and imprisoned in Magdeburg until the end of June. When he returned to Wernigerode, the Soviet occupying forces arrested him again in August 1945. After a short detention in Magdeburg, Ulrichs was interned in the Soviet special camp No. 8 in Torgau, where he died on February 2, 1946.
Individual evidence
- ^ The Province of Saxony, Official Gazette, issue 11 v. February 15, 1944.
literature
- Hermann-Josef Rupieper, Alexander Sperk (ed.): The situation reports of the secret state police on the province of Saxony 1933 to 1936. Volume 3: District Erfurt, Halle (Saale): Mitteldeutscher Verlag 2006, pp. 27–28.
- 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 .
- 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
- Literature by and about Curt von Ulrich in the catalog of the German National Library
- Curt von Ulrich in the database of members of the Reichstag
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| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Ulrich, Curt von |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Ulrich, Curt Albert Paul von (full name) |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German politician (NSDAP), MdR, Upper President of the Prussian Province of Saxony |
| DATE OF BIRTH | April 14, 1876 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Fulda |
| DATE OF DEATH | February 2, 1946 |
| Place of death | Special camp No. 8 Torgau (Fort Zinna) |