Friedrich Lachmund

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Friedrich Lachmund (born December 3, 1886 in Deensen , † December 6, 1963 in Braunschweig ) was a German judge and parliamentarian.

Life

Coming from a pastor's house, Lachmund studied law at the Georg-August-Universität Göttingen after attending the humanistic grammar school in Wolfenbüttel . In 1909 he became a member of the Corps Brunsviga Göttingen . After completing his studies, participating in the First World War and completing his legal clerkship, he became a district court advisor in Braunschweig in 1923. After joining the NSDAP in 1932 , he became a member of the Braunschweig State Parliament on March 5, 1933 . On April 29, 1933 he was elected permanent deputy of Günther Nebelung in the main committee as well as in the budget committee and legal committee. On June 13, 1933, he was also elected to the Rules of Procedure committee. On July 1, 1933, he was appointed President of the Braunschweig Regional Court and Chairman of the Braunschweig Special Court . In his last position, he initially imposed completely excessive penalties for petty offenses with political motivation .

In the period that followed, there were massive clashes between Lachmund and SS-Gruppenführer Friedrich Jeckeln over attacks by the SS in the Brunswick judiciary. The chief prosecutor at the Rasche Special Court, whom Lachmund accused of favoring SS defendants, played a special role here. Among other things, Rasche had demanded only 18 months' imprisonment for two SS men who had inflicted fatal injuries to a druggist with knife wounds after numerous perks in the investigation process. However, the court chaired by Wilhelm Ehlers, director of the regional court, imposed significantly higher penalties that were commensurate with the seriousness of the crime. The most serious case, however, was that of Sievers at the beginning of 1936, who murdered a Jewish merchant, who was celebrated by the SS and favored by Rasche. Despite these activities on the part of the SS and Rasches, Ehlers imposed the death penalty provided by law at the time. At the height of the conflict, Lachmund was challenged by members of the SS Junker School to handle heavy sabers. However, Heinrich Himmler prohibited the settlement of the claims . Reich Justice Minister Franz Gürtner then transferred Lachmund to Krefeld on April 1, 1938, as President of the District Court . Lachmund was interned after the end of the war and retired after his release from internment.

family

Lachmund was the son of pastor Heinrich Lachmund and his wife Marta (nee Beste). He had been married to Adele Dora Erika Hedwig Irmgard (née Müller) since September 8, 1920, with whom he had three children. Friedrich Wilhelm Lachmund (1923), Ilse-Marie Lachmund (1924–2001) and Ingeborg Lachmund (1928–1970).

literature

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Kösener Corpslisten 1960, 40 , 814.
  2. ^ A b Friedrich-Wilhelm Müller: Lachmund, Franz Friedrich. In: Horst-Rüdiger Jarck , Günter Scheel (ed.): Braunschweigisches Biographisches Lexikon - 19th and 20th centuries . Hahnsche Buchhandlung, Hannover 1996, ISBN 3-7752-5838-8 , p. 361 .
  3. ↑ Families Müller + Lachmund on hansabras.de (PDF)
personal data
SURNAME Lachmund, Friedrich
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Lachmund, Franz Friedrich; Lachmund, Hermann Franz Christian Friedrich (full name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German judges and parliamentarians
DATE OF BIRTH December 3, 1886
PLACE OF BIRTH Deensen
DATE OF DEATH December 6, 1963
Place of death Braunschweig