Erich von der Heyde

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Erich von der Heyde during the Nuremberg Trials

Erich von der Heyde (born May 1, 1900 in Hong Kong ; † August 5, 1984 ) was a German agricultural scientist with IG Farben , SS-Hauptscharführer and defendant during the Nuremberg trials .

Life

The von der Heyde family moved to Germany in 1906, where Erich von der Heyde did military service after completing his school career in May 1918. After the end of the First World War , von der Heyde studied agricultural science at the Technical University of Munich . After completing his studies, von der Heyde worked for a hail insurance company from 1925. From 1926 he worked in the agricultural department of IG Farben in Ludwigshafen am Rhein . From 1936 he worked as a consultant for nitrogen and agriculture in the economic policy department of IG Farben . From 1938 he was a defense officer at IG. Farben against industrial espionage and cooperated closely with the Wehrmacht .

Heyde, who joined the SS in 1934 (membership number 200.180) and was a member of the SS Reitersturm for the next two years, became a member of the NSDAP in 1937 (membership number 5.371.425). As SS-Hauptscharführer he was taken over to the Reich Security Main Office for counter-espionage after the start of the Second World War . He was drafted into the Wehrmacht as early as 1940, where he later worked in the Defense Economics Department in the Defense Economics and Armaments Office until the end of the war .

After the end of the war, Heyde was arrested and charged with 22 other accused in the IG Farben trial during the Nuremberg trials . On July 30, 1948, Heyde and ten other defendants were acquitted on the basis of the evidence. Heyde had been charged with robbery, looting, mass murder and membership in a criminal organization.

literature

  • Jens Ulrich Heine: Verstand & Schicksal: The men of IG Farbenindustrie AG (1925-1945) in 161 short biographies. Weinheim, Verlag Chemie, 1990. ISBN 3527281444

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Industrie-Anzeiger No. 75 of September 19, 1984/106, p. 63.
personal data
SURNAME Heyde, Erich von der
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German agronomist and defendant during the Nuremberg trials
DATE OF BIRTH May 1, 1900
PLACE OF BIRTH Hong Kong
DATE OF DEATH 5th August 1984