Erich Hengelhaupt
Erich Hengelhaupt (born September 22, 1911 in Magdeburg ; † after 1945) was SS-Sturmbannführer in the National Socialist German Reich , head of Section II D 1 (East) and Office Group VI C of the Reich Main Security Office .
Life
Erich Hengelhaupt studied theology in Leipzig , but dropped out after five semesters because - as he described in his résumé of November 22, 1938 - this was no longer compatible with his political convictions. In the winter semester of 1933/34 he devoted himself to studying newspaper science , economics and sociology .
At the beginning of his studies he had already joined the SA , the National Socialist German Student Union (NSDStB) and the NSDAP ( membership number 295.880). In the spring of 1934 he was the personal advisor to the "Leader of the Student Union of the University of Leipzig", Herbert Hahn. As an SS member (SS No. 324.972) he made a career in the district leadership of the NSDStB Central Germany and in the following semester took over the management of the university group at the University of Leipzig. In September 1934, Gauleiter and Reich Governor Martin Mutschmann appointed him Gaustudentenführer. At the same time he became a member of the regional leadership of the NSDAP Saxony.
Hengelhaupt wrote his dissertation on the "History of the National Socialist Press in the Gau Sachsen". At the Institute for Newspaper Studies in Leipzig, he received a research assignment on the ethnic German settlements in the Balkans and in the USSR, and in particular with regard to the Caucasian emigrants.
According to the business distribution plan of the SD Main Office 1938/39, Hengelhaupt was head of Department II / 111 responsible for the supervision of Freemasonry and, after the establishment of the Reich Security Main Office (RSHA), head of Department II D 1 (East) of Office Group II D (Foreign Problems).
Hengelhaupt switched to the so-called Wannsee Institute , an office of the SD, and was transferred from there in July 1940 to Office VI (SD abroad) of the RSHA.
From September 1940 onwards Hengelhaupt tried to make contact with Russian and Caucasian emigrant groups in Paris on behalf of the SD abroad . By decree of Reinhard Heydrich of November 22, 1940, the Wannsee Institute became a special department of Office VI of the RSHA, which was directly subordinate to the head of the office.
In France he was used as the leader of the Einsatzkommando Paris, from which he returned to Office VI of the RSHA in March 1942.
Hengelhaupt was promoted to SS-Sturmbannführer on June 21, 1943.
On October 5, 1943, Hengelhaupt took part as a representative of the RSHA together with SS-Obersturmbannführer and Oberregierungsrat Heinz Graefe in a meeting in the East Ministry on the Caucasus peoples.
Hengelhaupt finally headed office group VI C (east, Russian-Japanese sphere of influence) of the RSHA from spring 1944 in succession to the fatally injured Heinz Graefe.
After the end of the war, he went abroad. According to his wife, he refused an attempt by Gehlen to win him over to the BND .
literature
- Michael Wildt: Generation of the Unconditional. The leadership corps of the Reich Security Main Office , Hamburger Edition HIS Verlagsges. mbH, 2002, ISBN 3-930908-75-1 .
Individual evidence
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Hengelhaupt, Erich |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German SS-Sturmbannführer in the Third Reich |
| DATE OF BIRTH | September 22, 1911 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Magdeburg |
| DATE OF DEATH | after 1945 |