Egon Höller

Egon Ambros Höller (born July 16, 1907 in Kritzendorf , Austria-Hungary , † August 9, 1991 in Kreuth ) was a German-Austrian lawyer and National Socialist. In German-occupied Poland , Höller worked as district and city ​​governor .

Life

Höller finished his school career with the Abitur . He then studied at the University for World Trade from 1924 and graduated in 1928 with a degree in business administration. Then completed Höller a degree in law and a doctorate in 1932. Dr. jur. Then Höller worked in the Austrian Ministry of the Interior. He joined the NSDAP (membership number 1.213.850), which is illegal in Austria, in mid-September 1932. In addition, Höller was a member of the SA from mid-April 1933 to early October 1934 . He took part in the July coup in Vienna in 1934 and was dismissed from civil service in March 1935. Because of his participation in the July coup, Höller was imprisoned in Austria until 1936 and then fled to the German Reich . From July 1936 he completed his legal clerkship with a lawyer and with the Berlin Court of Appeal . In mid-May 1937 he entered the higher administrative service and worked in the legal office of the NSDAP's refugee relief organization. Höller became a German citizen in 1937. After the " Anschluss of Austria " to the German Empire, he was employed by the Reich Governor Vienna. He joined the SS in November 1938 (SS no.310.370). In the SS, Höller achieved the rank of SS-Hauptsturmführer in November 1941 .

After the outbreak of the Second World War , Höller was transferred to the General Government. From October 1939 to early February 1942 Höller was in the district of Krakow Kreishauptmann in Krakow country. He then held the post of city ​​governor in Lemberg until the invasion of the Red Army and replaced Hans Kujath in this function . In Lemberg, Höller restricted the issuance of work certificates for Jews , which was vital as protection against deportation to the extermination camps . Höller was present at a ghetto evacuation together with Fritz Katzmann . On the other hand, Höller, according to his own statements, protested against the hanging of members of the Judenrat , which was carried out on September 1, 1942 and which was headed by Erich Engels . The SD was investigating Höller for corruption and a "generous lifestyle". In April 1943, the Higher SS and Police Leader in the Generalgouvernement Friedrich-Wilhelm Krüger applied for Höller, Kujath and Nehring to be transferred to the Waffen SS , as he did not have the correct SS attitude with them. However, this request was rejected by Gottlob Berger .

After the war, Höller was until early summer 1946 in Allied internment . After his release from captivity, he worked for the company Palette GmbH. On May 25, 1948, Höller was denazified as a fellow traveler in a panel proceedings . Höller later went into business for himself as a businessman. At the end of September 1963, Höller was questioned about his activities as city governor.

literature

• Thomas Sandkühler: Final solution in Galicia. The murder of Jews in Eastern Poland and the rescue initiatives of Berthold Beitz 1941–1944 . Dietz successor, Bonn 1996, ISBN 3-8012-5022-9 .
• Dieter Pohl : National Socialist Persecution of Jews in East Galicia, 1941–1944. Oldenbourg, Munich 1997, ISBN 3-486-56233-9 .
• Markus Roth: Gentlemen. The German District Chiefs in Occupied Poland - Career Paths, Rule Practice and Post-History. Wallstein Verlag, Göttingen 2009. ISBN 978-3-8353-0477-2 .

Individual evidence

1. ↑ ^{a b c d e} Short biography from Markus Roth: Herrenmenschen , Göttingen 2009, p. 481f.
2. ↑ ^{a b c d} Thomas sand cooler: Final solution in Galicia. The murder of Jews in Eastern Poland and the rescue initiatives by Berthold Beitz 1941–1944 , Bonn 1996, p. 454.
3. ↑ Dieter Pohl: National Socialist Persecution of Jews in East Galicia, 1941–1944. , Munich 1997, p. 415.
4. ^ ^{A b} Dieter Pohl: National Socialist Persecution of Jews in East Galicia, 1941–1944. , Munich 1997, pp. 284f.