Friedrich Scharf

Friedrich Joachim Ludwig Christian Scharf (born August 25, 1897 in Penzin , † December 31, 1974 in Kempen ) was a German lawyer , politician ( NSDAP ) and SS-Oberführer . During the time of National Socialism he was Prime Minister of Mecklenburg .

biography

Friedrich Scharf was born as the son of the hereditary tenant and heir Peter Scharf (* 1860) and his wife Sophia (* 1867). After graduating from high school in Bützow in 1917 , he took part in the First World War as a soldier . He was used from April 1917 to November 1918 in the Association of Marine Corps Flanders on the Western Front. With the rank of Senior Seaman he received the Iron Cross II. Class and the Flanders Cross . After the war he began to study law and political science at the universities in Kiel and from the winter semester of 1919 in Rostock , which he completed in 1922 with the trainee exam. During his studies he joined the Redaria Rostock fraternity in 1920 . His doctorate as Dr. jur. took place in 1924 at the University of Rostock (dissertation: the legacy according to the law of the civil code ). In February 1926 he passed his second state examination in law and then worked as a court assessor in Rostock , Güstrow and Warin .

After the Second World War , he worked as a commercial clerk in Krefeld from July 1945 . From 1952 to 1968 he worked there as a lawyer.

Friedrich Scharf was with Clara, geb. Finck (1903–1992) married. The marriage resulted in a child.

politics

Already during his studies, Scharf was close to the German National People's Party , for which he was politically active until 1931. In June 1926 he was elected mayor of Teterow . He held this office and the office of city judge until March 1932. On December 1, 1931, he switched to the NSDAP ( membership number 851.780). In April 1932 he stood as a National Socialist candidate in the main election in the Güstrow office . The NSDAP won the election and Friedrich Scharf became the official governor. On July 13, 1932, he was elected as Minister of the Interior , Justice and Education in the government of the Free State of Mecklenburg-Schwerin led by Prime Minister Walter Granzow . In the same month he also took over the post of deputy authorized representative for Mecklenburg-Schwerin in the Reichsrat . At the beginning of 1933, Scharf was also appointed Gauamtsleiter for state and local government. On July 5, 1933 he took over the management of the Ministry of Finance instead of the Ministry of Education . From August 10, 1933, he was also a member of the subsequent government headed by Prime Minister Hans Egon Engell and was also Minister of the Interior, Justice and Finance. After the unification of the Free States of Mecklenburg-Schwerin and Mecklenburg-Strelitz to form Mecklenburg on January 1, 1934, he remained a member of the cabinet.

On October 25, 1934, Reich Governor Friedrich Hildebrandt entrusted Scharf with the management of government affairs and was appointed Prime Minister of the State of Mecklenburg. He took over all ministerial posts in the "Mecklenburg State Ministry". Since October 1943, Scharf has been known as " The Mecklenburg State Minister ", and the previous ministries have now been replaced by ten specialist departments.

On September 12, 1937, Scharf joined the SS with the rank of SS-Standartenführer (No. 284.123) and was assigned to the staff of SS Section XXXIII in Schwerin. Earlier admission to the SS had failed due to resistance from Gauleiter and SS-Gruppenführer Hildebrandt, who then had to bow to an order from the Reichsführer SS . Scharf was promoted to SS-Oberführer on April 20, 1939.

In addition to his ministerial duties, Scharf also took on functions in companies and societies. From 1938 to 1943 he was chairman of the supervisory board of Mecklenburgische Heimstätten GmbH . In 1939 he became chairman of the supervisory board of the non-profit Mecklenburgische Landgesellschaft GmbH . In July 1941 Friedrich Scharf also took over the chairmanship of the supervisory board of the newly founded Wismarer Hansewerft .

Scharf was appointed Deputy Reich Defense Commissioner for the Reich Defense District of Mecklenburg in March 1943.

Friedrich Scharf was arrested on May 2, 1945 by soldiers of the 8th US Infantry Division and interned in the Schwerin court prison. On May 22nd, the Americans handed him over to the British military police . Scharf was then in the Civilian Internment Camp (CIC) No. 3 Bad Fallingbostel interned. In July 1945, however, he was able to leave the internment camp. In 1948 in Düsseldorf he faced the denazification process , which classified him as "unencumbered".

literature

Beate Behrens: To power with Hitler. Rise of National Socialism in Mecklenburg and Lübeck 1922–1933. Neuer Hochschulschriftenverlag, Rostock 1998. ISBN 978-3-9295-4452-7 . P. 179.
Helge Dvorak: Biographical Lexicon of the German Burschenschaft. Volume I: Politicians. Volume 8: Supplement L – Z. Winter, Heidelberg 2014, ISBN 978-3-8253-6051-1 , p. 231.
Bernd Kasten : Conflicts between the Gauleiter Friedrich Hildebrandt and the State Ministry in Mecklenburg 1933–1939 . In: Mecklenburgische Jahrbücher. 112: 157-175 (1997).
Sharp, Friedrich Joachim Ludwig Christian . In: Grete Grewolls: Who was who in Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania? A dictionary of persons. Edition Temmen, Bremen [ua] 1995. ISBN 3-86108-282-9 . P. 373.
Helge bei der Wieden : The Mecklenburg governments and ministers. 1918–1952 (= writings on Mecklenburg history, culture and regional studies. Vol. 1). 2nd, supplemented edition. Böhlau, Cologne [ua] 1978. ISBN 3-412-05578-6 . P.56.

Web links

Literature about Friedrich Scharf in the state bibliography MV

Individual evidence

^ Enrollment of Friedrich Scharf in the Rostock matriculation portal
^ Michael Buddrus, Sigrid Fritzlar: State governments and ministers in Mecklenburg 1871–1952. A biographical lexicon. Edition Temmen , Bremen 2012, p. 265 (note no.696).
^ Frank Bajohr : Northern Germany under National Socialism. Results Verlag, Hamburg 1993, ISBN 978-3-879160-08-2 , p. 98 (note no. 50).
↑ Kyra T. Inachin : Breakthrough to democratic modernity: the state parliaments of Mecklenburg-Schwerin, Mecklenburg-Strelitz and Pomerania during the Weimar Republic. Edition Temmen, Bremen 2004, ISBN 978-3-861080-46-6 , p. 57.
↑ Kyra T. Inachin : Breakthrough to democratic modernity: the state parliaments of Mecklenburg-Schwerin, Mecklenburg-Strelitz and Pomerania during the Weimar Republic. Edition Temmen, Bremen 2004, p. 141.
^ Michael Buddrus, Sigrid Fritzlar: State governments and ministers in Mecklenburg 1871–1952. A biographical lexicon. Edition Temmen, Bremen 2012, p. 47.
↑ List of seniority of the NSDAP Schutzstaffel. Status December 1, 1937. Reichsdruckerei, Berlin 1937, p. 32 (serial no. 485).
^ Michael Buddrus, Sigrid Fritzlar: State governments and ministers in Mecklenburg 1871–1952. A biographical lexicon. Edition Temmen, Bremen 2012, p. 265 (note no. 703).
↑ Michael Buddrus (ed.): Mecklenburg in the Second World War. The meetings of Gauleiter Friedrich Hildebrandt with the NS leadership bodies of Gau Mecklenburg 1939–1945. An edition of the meeting minutes. Edition Temmen, Bremen 2009, ISBN 978-3-8378-4000-1 , p. 1062.
^ Michael Buddrus, Sigrid Fritzlar: State governments and ministers in Mecklenburg 1871–1952. A biographical lexicon. Edition Temmen, Bremen 2012, p. 265.
↑ Detlev Brunner : The state government in Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania under Soviet occupation 1945 to 1949. The appointed state administration from May 1945 to December 1946. Volume 1, Edition Temmen, ISBN 978-3-861083-67-2 , Bremen 2003, p. 11 .

personal data
SURNAME	Sharp, Friedrich
ALTERNATIVE NAMES	Sharp, Friedrich Joachim Ludwig Christian
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	German lawyer and politician (NSDAP)
DATE OF BIRTH	August 25, 1897
PLACE OF BIRTH	Penzin
DATE OF DEATH	December 31, 1974
Place of death	Kempen

[1] Enrollment of Friedrich Scharf in the Rostock matriculation portal

[2] Michael Buddrus, Sigrid Fritzlar: State governments and ministers in Mecklenburg 1871–1952. A biographical lexicon. Edition Temmen , Bremen 2012, p. 265 (note no.696).

[3] Frank Bajohr : Northern Germany under National Socialism. Results Verlag, Hamburg 1993, ISBN 978-3-879160-08-2 , p. 98 (note no. 50).

[4] Kyra T. Inachin : Breakthrough to democratic modernity: the state parliaments of Mecklenburg-Schwerin, Mecklenburg-Strelitz and Pomerania during the Weimar Republic. Edition Temmen, Bremen 2004, ISBN 978-3-861080-46-6 , p. 57.

[5] Kyra T. Inachin : Breakthrough to democratic modernity: the state parliaments of Mecklenburg-Schwerin, Mecklenburg-Strelitz and Pomerania during the Weimar Republic. Edition Temmen, Bremen 2004, p. 141.

[6] Michael Buddrus, Sigrid Fritzlar: State governments and ministers in Mecklenburg 1871–1952. A biographical lexicon. Edition Temmen, Bremen 2012, p. 47.

[7] List of seniority of the NSDAP Schutzstaffel. Status December 1, 1937. Reichsdruckerei, Berlin 1937, p. 32 (serial no. 485).

[8] Michael Buddrus, Sigrid Fritzlar: State governments and ministers in Mecklenburg 1871–1952. A biographical lexicon. Edition Temmen, Bremen 2012, p. 265 (note no. 703).

[9] Michael Buddrus (ed.): Mecklenburg in the Second World War. The meetings of Gauleiter Friedrich Hildebrandt with the NS leadership bodies of Gau Mecklenburg 1939–1945. An edition of the meeting minutes. Edition Temmen, Bremen 2009, ISBN 978-3-8378-4000-1 , p. 1062.

[10] Michael Buddrus, Sigrid Fritzlar: State governments and ministers in Mecklenburg 1871–1952. A biographical lexicon. Edition Temmen, Bremen 2012, p. 265.

[11] Detlev Brunner : The state government in Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania under Soviet occupation 1945 to 1949. The appointed state administration from May 1945 to December 1946. Volume 1, Edition Temmen, ISBN 978-3-861083-67-2 , Bremen 2003, p. 11 .