Franz Bock (politician)

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Franz Bock (born June 28, 1905 in Kaltenbrunn ; † May 10, 1974 in Cologne ) was a German politician ( NSDAP ) and SA leader.

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After attending elementary school and a humanistic grammar school , Bock completed a commercial apprenticeship. He then worked from 1922 to 1927 as a bank clerk and commercial clerk in the tobacco industry in Munich, then until 1932 in the ceramic industry in Worms.

In 1922 Bock joined the Sturmabteilung (SA) and the NSDAP ( membership number 33.014). In 1923 Bock took part in the Hitler putsch in Munich , which is why he was later awarded the " Blood Order " of the NSDAP. In 1927 Bock became an honorary SA leader in Worms-Rheinhessen. In 1932 he came to Koblenz as a full-time SA leader . In 1933 and 1934, Bock took on tasks for the SA in Frankfurt, Munich and Regensburg. He then became staff leader of the SA group Bayerische Ostmark and leader of the Jägerstandarte in Traunstein . On March 1, 1935, he was appointed Leader of SA Brigade 75 ( Düsseldorf ) and in April 1935 he was promoted to SA Brigade Leader. In addition, he held the office of councilor of the city of Düsseldorf from 1935 to January 1937.

On January 1, 1937, Bock was appointed to the Supreme SA leadership , in which he initially took over as head of department and later as head of the Office for Social Welfare, and from the beginning of December 1938 to February 1942 as head of the Office for Group Schools on the OSAF staff acted. In the SA Bock was promoted to group leader in November 1938 and two years later to senior group leader. From 1942 to 1945, Bock headed the SA Group Niederrhein based in Düsseldorf. In 1943 he was appointed Prussian Provincial Councilor of the Rhine Province.

From March 29, 1936 until the end of the Nazi regime in spring 1945, Bock was also a member of the National Socialist Reichstag for constituency 22 (Düsseldorf East) . During the Second World War , he took part at times as first lieutenant. In the Gau Düsseldorf he acted from October 1944 as the Gaustabsführer of the Volkssturm .

literature

  • Joachim Lilla , Martin Döring, Andreas Schulz: extras in uniform: the members of the Reichstag 1933–1945. A biographical manual. Including the Volkish and National Socialist members of the Reichstag from May 1924 . Droste, Düsseldorf 2004, ISBN 3-7700-5254-4 , p. 46 f .
  • Franz Maier: Biographical organization manual of the NSDAP and its divisions in the area of ​​today's state of Rhineland-Palatinate . (= Publications of the Parliament's Commission for the History of the State of Rhineland-Palatinate , Volume 28) Hase & Koehler, Mainz 2007, ISBN 3-7758-1407-8 , p. 148.

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personal data
SURNAME Bock, Franz
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German politician (NSDAP), MdR and SA leader
DATE OF BIRTH June 28, 1905
PLACE OF BIRTH Kaltenbrunn
DATE OF DEATH May 10, 1974
Place of death Cologne