Friedrich Schmidt (politician, 1902)

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Friedrich Schmidt

Friedrich Gottlob Schmidt (born August 13, 1902 in Wiesenbach ; † November 6, 1973 in Burghausen ) was a German politician (NSDAP).

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Schmidt, son of a baker and farmer, attended elementary school in Wiesenbach from 1909 to 1916 . From 1917 to 1923 he was trained at the Protestant teacher training college in Künzelsau . During his studies he belonged to the League of Eagles and Falcons . After successfully passing the first service examination as a teacher, Schmidt was unemployed until July 15, 1927. During these years he worked in various non-profit organizations: From October 1924 to July 1, 1927, Schmidt was Chancellor (leader and organizer) of the folk- oriented Artamanen (voluntary labor service) in Dresden and Halle an der Saale . At the same time, he was a member of the farmer college movement. He was also a member of the farmers' council. From 1927 to May 1, 1931 he worked in the elementary school institute. On May 1, 1931, he was given leave of absence from teaching.

In May 1925, Schmidt joined the NSDAP ( membership number 4,864). After leaving the party at the end of September 1927, he rejoined the NSDAP at the end of April 1928. In the 1920s he also became a member of the SA . Schmidt changed from the SA to the SS in May 1934 (membership number 276,600) and rose to SS Brigadefuhrer there until 1939 . From December 6, 1931 to October 1, 1932, Schmidt was a member of the Stuttgart city ​​council for his party . From April 1932 to 1933 he was a member of the state parliament of Württemberg for the NSDAP . On May 1, 1931, Schmidt was active in the district administration of Württemberg - Hohenzollern , where he took over the functions of district manager and district propaganda leader. There were also activities as local group leaders and district leaders. He was also a member of the Reichsbauernrat from 1934 .

In the Reichstag elections of March 1933 , Schmidt was elected as his party's candidate for constituency 31 (Württemberg) in the Reichstag , which he subsequently belonged to until the end of Nazi rule in May 1945.

In March 1933 Schmidt was appointed Deputy Gauleiter of Württemberg and held this position until 1937. In July of the same year he was entrusted with the management of the Württemberg-Hohenzollern regional office of the Reich Ministry for Public Enlightenment and Propaganda . From May 1936, as successor to Max Frauendorfer , he headed the training department in the Rosenberg office . On May 1, 1937, Schmidt was also appointed head of the NSDAP's main training office.

After the outbreak of World War II , Schmidt was deputy Gauleiter in Łódź until the end of October 1939 . From October 1939 to February 1940 Schmidt served as SS district chief in Lublin . Then he returned to the German Empire . On April 20, 1940, Schmidt was appointed “Chief Commanding Officer of the NSDAP in the GG work area”. From February 1942 he fought with the Waffen SS at the front. In August 1944 he was taken prisoner by the Americans in France . The ruling chamber of the internment camp in Ludwigsburg found Schmidt primarily guilty and sentenced him on July 20, 1948 to 30 months in a labor camp. His fortune was confiscated.

In the Soviet occupation zone , Schmidt's writings Das Reich as a task , To unity of popular education and The new German way of life and people's order were placed on the list of literature to be segregated.

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  • Slogan and counter slogan. Speech d. Deputy Gauleiter Friedrich Schmidt, Head of Department Hauptschulungsamt d. NSDAP. ud Office of the Werkschar u. Schulg d. DAF., On d. Working day d. Gau- u. District training officer d. DAF. on August 8, 1938 in Sonthofen. 1938.
  • Closing speech by the deputy Gauleiter Friedrich Schmidt, head of the NSDAP's main training office. and the office of work group and training of the DAF., at the working conference of the Gau and district training administrators of the DAF., on August 9, 1938 in Sonthofen. 1938.
  • The leader's order for training. Speech in d. Ordensburg Sonthofen before d. Gau- u. District training leaders in Jan. 1938. The German Labor Front , Office “Werkschar u. Training ”, Berlin 1938 and NSDAP., Reichsleitg, Hauptschulungsamt, Munich 1938.
  • The empire as a task. Nordland-Verlag , Berlin 1940 and NSDAP, Reichsleitg, Hauptschulungsamt, Munich 1940.
  • About the unity of popular education. Delimitation and purpose. Main Training Office, Munich 1940.
  • The new German way of life and people. Deutscher Volksverlag, Munich 1941.

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  1. ↑ a b c Werner Präg / Wolfgang Jacobmeyer (Ed.): The service diary of the German Governor General in Poland 1939–1945 , Stuttgart 1975, p. 952
  2. ↑ a b Erich Stockhorst: 5000 heads - Who was what in the Third Reich , Kiel 2000, p. 385
  3. ^ Ernst Klee: Das Personenlexikon zum Third Reich , Frankfurt am Main 2007, p. 544.
  4. ↑ Bogdan Musial: German civil administration and the persecution of Jews in the Generalgouvernement . Wiesbaden 1999, p. 392
  5. ↑ Dieter Pohl: From "Judenpolitik" zum Judenmord , 1993, p. 185.
  6. ^ German administration for popular education in the Soviet zone of occupation - list of the literature to be separated from 1946
    German administration for popular education in the Soviet zone of occupation - list of literature to be separated 1947
personal data
SURNAME Schmidt, Friedrich
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Schmidt, Fritz; Schmidt, Friedrich Gottlob (full name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German politician (NSDAP), MdR
DATE OF BIRTH August 13, 1902
PLACE OF BIRTH Wiesenbach
DATE OF DEATH November 6, 1973
Place of death Burghausen