Emil Petzendorfer

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Emil Petzendorfer (1937)

Emil Petzendorfer was a German functionary and so-called " old fighter " of the NSDAP .

Life

Petzendorfer returned from the First World War as a 100% war disabled. He joined the NSDAP in 1920 . He was also one of the first 50 members of the Sturmabteilung (SA). In this function he participated in the security of the hall at party events and acted as a steward for elevators . He was seriously injured twice. For example, on October 14th and 15th, 1922, he took part in the third “ German Day ” in Coburg , where he fought in street battles with the KPD . The same thing happened in September 1923 at the German Day in Nuremberg . In November 1923 he participated in the Hitler putsch as a company sergeant of the 1st company of the SA regiment in Munich . He was later arrested and sentenced for his involvement in this coup attempt. In the early years of the NSDAP he was one of the closest circle around Hitler. Adolf Hitler took over the sponsorship for his son. From 1929 Petzendorfer worked in the Reich leadership of the NSDAP for the economic policy department of the NSDAP at Otto Wagener . After the seizure of power of Hitler in 1933, he moved to Munich police. In 1939 Petzendorfer was arrested for betraying official secrets to Jews, serious bribery of civil servants, preferential treatment, etc., and in the same year he was excluded from the NSDAP for “ passive bribery ” ( Section 332 of the Criminal Code ). In the course of being excluded from the party , the blood order was revoked on September 14, 1942. On September 15, 1943 and March 25, 1944, Petzendorfer applied for re-entry into the party; however, both applications were rejected. Nothing is known about his life or whereabouts after the end of the National Socialist dictatorship.

Awards

With the award of the Koburg Medal of Honor , the Order of Blood ( award number 41 ) and the Golden Party Badge , he received three of the four highest awards of the NSDAP. In the course of his expulsion from the party, all awards were withdrawn from him.

Individual evidence

  1. See Müller-Schönhausen, Rudolf : Heads from the followers of the Führer, Verlag F. Bruckmann: Munich, 1937.
  2. ^ Helmut Heiber, Institute for Contemporary History: Regesten, Part 1, Volume 1: Files of the party chancellery of the NSDAP. Oldenbourg Verlag 1983, ISBN 3-486-49641-7 , p. 380.