Ernst Diedenhofen

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Ernst Diedenhofen (born December 22, 1898 in Mayen , † September 11, 1983 in Gerolstein ) was a German politician ( NSDAP ).

Life

Ernst Diedenhofen grew up in a respected family in Mayen. He first attended elementary school , then grammar school , but left after the upper secondary level . From 1916 to 1918 he took part in the First World War, most recently with the rank of sergeant . He then completed a commercial apprenticeship and worked in his parents' hotel. In 1923 he took over a clothing store that belonged to his wife Thea, which he ran until 1931 and then leased it out. Then he worked again in his parents' company.

On January 1, 1932, he joined the NSDAP ( membership number 840.376). He later gave economic circumstances as reasons. Above all, he hoped for a boycott of Jews that would push back the supposedly overpowering Jewish influences in the economy. As early as the autumn of 1932 he represented the local group leader of Mayen and became SA leader there. On March 12, 1933 he became a city councilor in Mayen and was mayor of the town until September 1933. He was then transferred by the party to Koblenz , where he became a full-time employee in the Office for Local Policy, from August 1934 to September 1937 he was district leader and mayor of Bitburg , then until 1943 he was district leader of Birkenfeld-Baumholder and from 1943 to 1945 District leader of Neuwied .

In March 1945 he was drafted as a sergeant and was taken prisoner of war on April 28, 1945 . After his return, he was arrested again and spent the time until April 18, 1950 in custody . Initially, he was sentenced to three years in prison. However, the sentence was overturned and reduced to ten months in prison. However, both sentences were compensated for by internment and pre-trial detention. In the denazification process , he was classified as "incriminated".

rating

Diedenhofen was actually considered a moderate district leader. During his time in Mayen he was relatively inconspicuous, but in Bitburg he transferred a number of “politically unreliable” officials. In Neuwied he had big differences with District Administrator Rudolf Reppert and Neuwied Mayor Haupt. One of his main competitors was Herbert Wild , District Administrator von Birkenfeld, who described him as a power-hungry dictator who was obsessed with Nazi ideas. In the denazification process, he received very poor ratings.

literature

  • Franz Maier: Biographical organization manual of the NSDAP and its structures in the area of ​​today's state of Rhineland-Palatinate (=  publications of the commission of the state parliament for the history of the state of Rhineland-Palatinate . No. 28 ). 2nd supplemented edition. v. Hase & Koehler, Mainz / Zarrentin 2009, ISBN 978-3-7758-1408-9 , p. 180-181 .

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Yearbook for West German State History . No. 29 . Self-published by the State Archives Administration Rhineland-Palatinate, 2003, p. 336 .
personal data
SURNAME Diedenhofen, Ernst
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German politician of the NSDAP
DATE OF BIRTH December 22, 1898
PLACE OF BIRTH Mayen
DATE OF DEATH September 11, 1983
Place of death Gerolstein