Eduard Max Hofweber
Eduard Max Hofweber (born September 29, 1891 in Regensburg ; † May 4, 1978 in Mannheim ) was a German manager and association official.
Life
After completing a commercial and commercial school education, Hofweber became director and board member of Heinrich Lanz AG in Mannheim . He was also the trustee of the work for south-west Germany and chairman of the Reich Board of Trustees for Technology in Agriculture. From 1934 to 1945 he was head of the industrial department of the Baden Gau Chamber of Commerce. In 1939 he joined the 15-member "narrow advisory board" of the Reichsgruppe Industrie . He was also a member of the agricultural advisory board of the Central European Business Day .
During the First World War he was Karl Haushofer's orderly officer . A close friendship connected him with Rudolf Hess . It was through him that Hess got to know Haushofer. In 1930 he joined the NSDAP . According to Gauleiter Robert Wagner , the court weaver was “an impeccable National Socialist [...] whose political reliability was beyond doubt”.
Individual evidence
- ↑ Kurt Pätzold , Manfred Weißbecker : Rudolf Heß, The man on Hitler's side . Leipzig 1999, p. 27.
- ^ A b Roland Peter: Armaments Policy in Baden . Munich 1995, p. 65.
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|---|---|
| SURNAME | Hofweber, Eduard Max |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German manager and association official |
| DATE OF BIRTH | September 29, 1891 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | regensburg |
| DATE OF DEATH | May 4th 1978 |
| Place of death | Mannheim |