Erich Uetrecht

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Karl Heinrich Erich Uetrecht (born April 24, 1879 in Minden ; † October 9, 1960 in Seefeld ) was a German geologist and archivist. Uetrecht gained importance as head of the main archive of the NSDAP .

Life

After attending school, Uetrecht studied geology. During his studies he was 1901/02 member of the country club Borussia Münster and the country team Franconia Leipzig . He received his doctorate in 1906 in Bern to Dr. phil. with a dissertation on the ablation of the Rhone in its Valais catchment area in 1904–1905 . This work was based on the measurement of the mud flow of the Rhone above its confluence with Lake Geneva from April 1904 to March 1905, commissioned by the Swiss Natural Research Society .

In the 1920s and early 1930s Uetrecht lived in Berlin-Charlottenburg and was involved in the Nazi street cell "Ortsgruppe Sybel". In 1932 he joined the NSDAP, where he was initially employed as an employee in the Reich Training Office. In 1934 Uetrecht was entrusted with the management of the party archive of the NSDAP and the DAF , which was initially in Berlin, but was moved to Munich at the end of the year. When this archive was merged with the NSDAP press archive on June 14, 1935 by order of Rudolf Hess to form the main archive of the NSDAP , Uetrecht became head of this new facility. One of the official tasks of the main archive of the NSDAP was to "ensure a systematic review and compilation of all material relating to party history or related to it". During his activity, Uetrecht initially held the rank of senior division manager before he was promoted to Reichsamtsleiter in January 1938. From 1939 Uetrecht worked as Rudolf Hess' clerk for the entire archives of the NSDAP, whereby he was in charge of the entirety of the party archives.

During his career as head of the main archive of the NSDAP, Uetrecht aggressively strived for a continuous expansion of the archive holdings and in doing so raised "also claims to non-proven and confiscated holdings". In his opinion, the tasks of the main archive not only include collecting and storing archival material, but also actively participating in National Socialist historiography and the self-portrayal of the "movement". This was reflected, for example, in participation in propaganda exhibitions and publications.

In addition, Uetrecht increasingly advocated his own supposed “research” in the main archive in the field of the “Jewish question”. For example, with the help of a special department that had been set up, he repeatedly tried to have stolen Jewish property from home and abroad transferred to the main archive. This ultimately led to growing conflicts of interest and power with competing National Socialist institutions, so that Uetrecht was prematurely retired in 1942 due to the ongoing disputes.

After the end of the war, the public plaintiff from the Starnberg Chamber of Justice initially demanded that Uetrecht be classified as one of the main culprits because of his long-standing party membership, his elevated position and incriminating witness statements. Due to a lack of evidence, however, he was classified in the group of the less burdened in 1948 and only had to pay an amount of RM 300 to the reparation fund and to bear the legal costs. In the follow-up proceedings, the main chamber of Munich-Land finally classified him as a follower on March 17, 1949.

Fonts

  • The ablation of the Rhone in its Valais catchment in 1904–1905. 1906. (dissertation)
  • Aura Academica: a yearbook for young and old boys. 1914.
  • The Academic Aid Association. 1918.

literature

  • Franz Josef Gangelmayer: The party archives of the NSDAP. Attempt to reconstruct the Gau archive of the NSDAP Vienna. Dissertation, Vienna 2010.
  • Carl-Eric Linsler: Main archive of the NSDAP. In: Wolfgang Benz (Hrsg.): Handbuch des Antisemitismus . Anti-Semitism in Past and Present, Vol. 8: Supplements and Register. Berlin 2015, pp. 219–221.
  • Carl-Eric Linsler: Uetrecht, Erich. In: Wolfgang Benz (Hrsg.): Handbuch des Antisemitismus. Anti-Semitism in Past and Present, Vol. 8: Supplements and Register. Berlin 2015, pp. 139–141.
  • Erich Stockhorst: Five thousand heads. Who had which role in the third Reich? view u. bild Verlag, Velbert 1967, DNB 458250953 .

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Berthold Ohm, Alfred Philipp (Ed.): Address directory of the old men of the German Landsmannschaft. Part 1. Hamburg 1932, pp. 43, 135.
  2. ↑ See: Carl-Eric Linsler: Uetrecht, Erich. In: Wolfgang Benz (Hrsg.): Handbuch des Antisemitismus. Anti-Semitism in Past and Present, Vol. 8: Supplements and Register. Berlin 2015, p. 139.
  3. ↑ a b c d Cf. Carl-Eric Linsler: Uetrecht, Erich. In: Wolfgang Benz (Hrsg.): Handbuch des Antisemitismus. Anti-Semitism in Past and Present, Vol. 8: Supplements and Register. Berlin 2015, p. 140.
  4. ↑ See: Carl-Eric Linsler: Uetrecht, Erich. In: Wolfgang Benz (Hrsg.): Handbuch des Antisemitismus. Anti-Semitism in Past and Present, Vol. 8: Supplements and Register. Berlin 2015, p. 141.
personal data
SURNAME Uetrecht, Erich
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Uetrecht, Karl Heinrich Erich (full name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German archivist
DATE OF BIRTH April 24, 1879
PLACE OF BIRTH Minden
DATE OF DEATH October 9, 1960
Place of death Seefeld