Ernst Girmann

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Ernst Girmann (born July 1, 1896 in Northeim ; † March 17, 1969 ibid) was a German politician ( NSDAP ) and mayor of Northeim (1934–1945).

Life

Martin Louis Karl Ernst Girmann was born on July 1, 1896, the son of the merchant and mayor of Northeim, Emil Friedrich Girmann (1867–1934) and Caroline Marie, born in Hildesheim. Helmke (1871–1944) born in Northeim.

At Easter 1914 he left the Corvinanum high school in Northeim after the lower secondary school under pressure from his father in order to begin and successfully complete an apprenticeship as a businessman at Küster & Johannsen in Göttingen. He then joined the Queen Augusta Guard Grenadier Regiment No. 4 in Berlin as a volunteer , took part in the battles of the regiment in the east and west, was wounded several times and finally released from military service in 1918 as a lieutenant. He then joined the German National Freikorps under the leadership of Lieutenant Kurd Viebig , before returning to his hometown Northeim in 1919.

The trained businessman and later captain of the reserve married Minna Charlotte (Lotti) Ohnesorge (1897–1969) from Northeim on June 20, 1920.

In the early days of the Weimar Republic, Girmann was initially politically active in the Young German Order (Jungdo). There he soon became a grandmaster. After the order was temporarily banned in 1922, he became a member of the NSDAP and founded a local group of the Northeim National Socialists in Northeim under the registered association “German Workers' Community in Northeim”. Girmann belonged to the early members of the NSDAP with the low membership number 4294. His brother Karl Girmann was appointed the first local group leader, but in 1923 he left the leadership to his younger brother Ernst. In March 1933, Girmann was appointed acting mayor of his hometown as the second chairman of the civil association and senator. After the impeachment of the democratic mayor Richard Peters , he was appointed his successor by the district president on June 8, 1934, although he did not actually have the legal requirements for this at the time.

After leaving office in 1945, Girmann lived on in Northeim, pursued his learned trade as a businessman and died there on March 17, 1969. His grave is in the Northeim city cemetery.

literature

  • The Northeimers: Mayor and councilors of the city of Northeim 1252 to 1977. Göttingen 1978. Page 88.
  • William Sheridan Allen, The Nazi Seizure of Power: The Experience of a Single German Town 1922-1945. Revised edition. Watts, New York, 1984, ISBN 0-531-09935-0 .

Individual evidence

  1. ^ No turning back after vacation , in: Northeimer Latest News from June 20, 2013
personal data
SURNAME Girmann, Ernst
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German politician (NSDAP) and Mayor of Northeim (1934–1945)
DATE OF BIRTH July 1, 1896
PLACE OF BIRTH Northeim
DATE OF DEATH 17th March 1969
Place of death Northeim