Emil Höring

Emil Höring (born December 1, 1890 in Westheim ; † February 6, 1976 in Würzburg ) was a German police officer, most recently lieutenant general of the police and SS group leader in World War II .

Life

Emil Höring as commander of the Ordnungspolizei (BdO), to the right of Vidkun Quisling (in black), in Oslo , Norway 1942.

Höring took part continuously in World War I and was discharged from the army in September 1920 with several awards. He then entered the service of the Bavarian State Police with the rank of first lieutenant , where he was promoted to captain in January 1923 and to major in early June 1933 . In August 1935 he moved from the Bavarian State Police to the Gendarmerie . The Nazi Party he joined in May 1937 at ( membership number 4402533). In the course of the Anschluss of Austria , he took on leading police functions from March 11, 1938 and was inspector of the Ordnungspolizei (ITE) Reichenberg in the Reichsgau Sudetenland from December 1938 to September 1939 .

After the beginning of the Second World War he was from the beginning of October 1939 to December 1939 commander of the Ordnungspolizei (BdO) in the Generalgouvernement based in Krakow and then until January 1942 BdO in Dresden . From January 1942 to May 1943 he was BdO at the Reich Commissioner for the Norwegian Territories occupied by the German Reich , Josef Terboven, with his office in Oslo . From June 1943 to March 1944 he was inspector general of the gendarmerie, protective police of the communities, in the main office of the order police and was then again BdO in Krakow. After that, until the end of the war in May 1945, he was general inspector of the schools in the main office of the Ordnungspolizei . In the last days of the war he followed the so-called rat line north to Flensburg .

Awards

Höring's SS and police ranks
date	rank
December 1935	Lieutenant Colonel of the Gendarmerie
December 1937	Colonel of the gendarmerie
April 1939	SS standard leader
April 1940	SS-Oberführer
September 1941	SS Brigade Leader and Major General of the Police
August 1943	SS group leader and lieutenant general of the police

Iron Cross (1914) 2nd class and 1st class
War Merit Cross I (1942) and II. Class (1941) with swords
Honorary sword of the Reichsführer SS
SS ring of honor

literature

On the history of the Ordnungspolizei 1936–1945 , 1. Hans Joachim Neufeldt: Development and organization of the Ordnungspolizei main office . In: Schriften des Bundesarchivs, Edition 3, H. Boldt Verlag, 1957, p. 110.

Web links

Short biography and photo of Emil Hörings (Polish)

Individual evidence

↑ Stephan Link: "Rattenlinie Nord". War criminals in Flensburg and the surrounding area in May 1945. In: Gerhard Paul, Broder Schwensen (Hrsg.): Mai '45. End of the war in Flensburg. Flensburg 2015, p. 21.

personal data
SURNAME	Höring, Emil
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	German SS group leader and police general
DATE OF BIRTH	December 1, 1890
PLACE OF BIRTH	Westheim (Palatinate)
DATE OF DEATH	February 6, 1976
Place of death	Wurzburg

[1] Stephan Link: "Rattenlinie Nord". War criminals in Flensburg and the surrounding area in May 1945. In: Gerhard Paul, Broder Schwensen (Hrsg.): Mai '45. End of the war in Flensburg. Flensburg 2015, p. 21.