Eduard Aßler

Eduard Aßler (born February 19, 1887 in Herringhausen ; † January 28, 1986 in Enger ) was a German politician and NSDAP district leader in Herford-Land.

Life

Eduard Aßler was born as the son of the cigar manufacturer Heinrich Aßler. After attending primary school and business school in Bielefeld, he did an apprenticeship in a cigar factory and then worked as a commercial clerk in his father's company. Between 1906 and 1908 he had to do military service. Since 1910 he was a partner in his father's company as an independent businessman. From August 3, 1914 to December 11, 1918 he was a war participant in France and Russia and was awarded the Iron Cross, 2nd class. After his company was closed, he went to the Herford employment office in April 1933 and, after a short training period, became department head. In this position he remained until his election as mayor of Kirchlengern in November 1933. From December 1936 to 1945 he was the mayor of Herford-Hiddenhausen and from 1940 to 1945 he was district director for local politics in Herford. Drafted into the Volkssturm on April 3, 1945 , he was taken prisoner by the British on April 8, 1948 and remained in Recklinghausen until January 21, 1948. In the denazification process , he was classified in category IV, with a ban on employment in the public or semi-public service or in a leading position in private companies. After a short period of unemployment, he got a job as a commercial clerk in his brother-in-law's company, a quarry and road construction company.

Political activity

• 1908 Joined the Kyffhäuserbund
• January 1, 1929 joined the NSDAP
• 1928 to September 30, 1932 NSDAP local group leader in Besenkamp
• 1929 district council member in Herford
• 1933 member of the district committee
• April 1933 to 1944 district deputy for the Herford district and member of the district committee.
• 1930 candidate for the Reichstag and in 1932 for the Prussian state parliament
• October 1, 1932 to December 14, 1935 NSDAP district leader in Herford-Land and then deputy district leader until May 25, 1936.
• 1938 candidate for election to the Reichstag

family

Eduard Aßler married Anna Störmer on October 12, 1933 after his first wife had died in 1929. The marriage had seven children.

swell

• Wolfgang Stellbrink: The district leaders of the NSDAP in Westphalia and Lippe, publication of the state archives of the state of North Rhine-Westphalia: Series C, sources and research; Vol. 48, Münster 2003, ISBN 3-932892-14-3 , * digitized

Web links

• Eduard Aßler entry in the Internet portal "Westphalian History"