Emil Dreher

Emil Friedrich Dreher (born April 26, 1901 in Durlach ; † September 11, 1981 in Karlsruhe-Durlach ) was a German electrical engineer and Nazi sports official.

education

Emil Dreher, son of a master rope maker , attended grammar school in Durlach. He then studied electrical engineering from 1920 to 1926 at the TH Karlsruhe , where he became a member of the Germania fraternity (now Teutonia ) in 1920/21 . From 1926 to 1934 he was a group leader in the advertising department of the central traffic administration and in the literary department of Siemens-Schuckertwerke in Berlin-Siemensstadt .

National Socialism

Dreher joined the NSDAP on September 1, 1923 . He was a member until its dissolution and rejoined on November 1, 1929 (No. 160600). At the same time he joined the SA . On March 1, 1930 he became an SA squad leader, and on July 1 of the same year SA troop leader. From March 7, 1931 to July 1, 1933 he was leader of storm 39/1 in Charlottenburg , and from April 1, 1931 as SA storm leader. He then became leader of the Storm Band IV / 1 ( Hans Eberhard Maikowski ), also in Charlottenburg, from September 22, 1933 as SA-Sturmbannführer and from November 9, 1934 as SA-Oberbannführer. From April 1, 1935 to March 31, 1937 he was leader of the standard R 109, from April 20, 1936 as standard leader. On April 1, 1937, he went to Brigade 30, from January 30, 1941 as SA Oberführer.

On August 16, 1934 he was transferred to the staff of the Supreme SA Leader and became the liaison officer of the Supreme SA Leader to the Reich Sports Leader Hans von Tschammer und Osten . Initially, Dreher was a consultant in the main office of the fighting games of the Reich Sports Leader in preparation for the Olympic Games . From April 1, 1936 to March 31, 1938 he was deputy Reichssportfelddirektor and manager of the Reichssportfeld in Berlin. On April 1, 1938, he became Reichssportfelddirektor for an indefinite period.

Dreher was a member of the German Labor Front , the Nazi People's Welfare , and the Reich Association for Physical Exercise . He took at least at the Reich Party Rallies from 1933 to 1935 and the marches of the SA group Berlin-Brandenburg 1929-1936 part.

During the Second World War he was initially active as a non-commissioned officer. Later he was employed as a technical war administrator, first in the 93rd Infantry Division and later in the 5th Panzer Division in Russia .

Awards

Dreher received the service award of the NSDAP in silver and in bronze. In 1936 he received the German Olympic Medal of Honor, 2nd class.

He was awarded the Iron Cross II. Class in 1942, with the KVK II in 1941 and with the KVK I each with swords, in 1942 with the Eastern Medal and Wound Badge in black.

post war period

In the denazification process for denazification in Karlsruhe Dreher was classified as a follower.

After the war, he joined his father's rope-making business, which he ran until he was 75.

literature

• Helge Dvorak: Biographical Lexicon of the German Burschenschaft. Volume I: Politicians. Volume 7: Supplement A – K. Winter, Heidelberg 2013, ISBN 978-3-8253-6050-4 , pp. 256-257.