Erich Frohwann

Erich Frohwann (born January 1, 1904 in Gleiwitz ; † unknown) was a German police officer.

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In his youth Frohwann belonged to a free corps with which he participated in the self-protection in Upper Silesia in 1921/22 . After studying law , which he completed with a doctorate to become a Dr. jur. graduated, he entered the police service, in which he went through the training as a detective inspector.

On September 15, 1932, Frohwann was transferred to the Berlin Police Headquarters, where he was deployed in Department I against left-wing extremists .

On April 29, 1933, Frohwann was accepted into the newly established Secret State Police Office . According to the office's business distribution plan of January 1934, at that time he was head of the field service of Department II F, which was responsible for the areas of "Abroad, foreigners, Germans living abroad, border regions, national minorities, Danzig, Memelland, Austria, Russians" and "Emigrants, Jews "Freemason" was responsible.

On May 1, 1934, Frohwann was transferred to the Magdeburg police station . In 1941 he was promoted to the criminal councilor. During the Second World War Frohwann took part in various security police operations on the Eastern Front before he was seconded to Einsatzgruppe H in the First Slovak Republic in 1944 .

On May 1, 1937, Frohwann joined the NSDAP ( membership number 5,708,289) and on April 13, 1937, the SS (SS number 307,428).

literature

• Christoph Graf : Political police between democracy and dictatorship. 1983.